pt with mastoctomy

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hi

who are you ?

hope you are fine :rolleyes:

i have question

if the pt have mastoctomy especially if the pt women

she will develope some sychological problems

so, what's the sychological problems that may develope ??

and how we can help her ?? as we a nurse ??? :nurse:

and thanks for help :rolleyes:

i hve some points but i want others :)

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Specializes in psych. rehab nursing, float pool.

The problems they can have :

grief, fear , anger, depression, brief I realize without explanation, the information can be found by doing a web search. Good luck in your search

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Specializes in Pediatric Psychiatry, Home Health VNA.

Altered body image and as a result may have difficult with intimacy. Offer support, refer to counseling/support groups, let her know about reconstruction possibilities if that is the route she desires.

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Specializes in ED, ICU, Heme/Onc.

I agree with the other posters about the problems, but realize that most patients who have mastectomies are released from the hospital the next day, often with drains in place. Providing information for support groups is fine, but these patients need straightforward information about how to care for themselves post-op and how to look for s/s of infection. If you are fortunate enough to work outpatient, then a lot of the psychological issues can and should be addressed. Most patients I've had with recent mastectomies were still in shock, or went the complete other direction and had their support group ready to go.

Good luck with your assignment.

Blee

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thanks very very much for help

i really appre ciate that

i write alot of point's

like

psychological problems after mastectomy

*thy concerned not only their own loss, but with how their partners will accept it.

*how have you felt about losing part of your breast?

*how it's changed your body image?

*your sense of your sexuality?

*your desire for intimacy?

*the problems they can have :grief, fear , anger, depression, altered body image, difficult with intimacy.

*protect emotional well being:

- alter perceptions of the illness

- foster active participation in the health care

- identify ways to reduce anxiety

* develop a framework of expectation:

- describe the treatment process

- support the a positive self image

- discuss potential emotional sequelae

- help to accept altered roles

*manage stress:

- identify feelings of vulnerability

- provide information on adjuvant therapies and potential side effects

- encourage communication of needs

*redefine self and partner:

- normalize activities of daily living

- reprioritize values, needs, and expectation

- incorporate health promoting behaviors

offer support, refer to counseling/support groups, let her know about reconstruction possibilities if that is the route she desires

thak you very much

best regards

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thanks very very much for help

i really appre ciate that

i write alot of point's

like

psychological problems after mastectomy

•thy concerned not only their own loss, but with how their partners will accept it.

•how have you felt about losing part of your breast?

•how it’s changed your body image?

•your sense of your sexuality?

•your desire for intimacy?

•the problems they can have :grief, fear , anger, depression, altered body image, difficult with intimacy.

•protect emotional well being:

- alter perceptions of the illness

- foster active participation in the health care

- identify ways to reduce anxiety

• develop a framework of expectation:

- describe the treatment process

- support the a positive self image

- discuss potential emotional sequelae

- help to accept altered roles

•manage stress:

- identify feelings of vulnerability

- provide information on adjuvant therapies and potential side effects

- encourage communication of needs

•redefine self and partner:

- normalize activities of daily living

- reprioritize values, needs, and expectation

- incorporate health promoting behaviors

offer support, refer to counseling/support groups, let her know about reconstruction possibilities if that is the route she desires

thak you very much

best regards

since this is obviously for a school paper, i'd be very careful of your use of the 'cut/paste' function. it's also obvious when comparing "your" words to the ones in the 'points' you list, they are lifted from a website. if you just insert that list into your school paper, it will be very clear you plagiarized it.

research, then rewrite. and utilize spellcheck, it will be your friend :)

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Since this is obviously for a school paper, I'd be very careful of your use of the 'cut/paste' function. It's also obvious when comparing "your" words to the ones in the 'points' you list, they are lifted from a website. If you just insert that list into your school paper, it will be very clear you plagiarized it.

Research, then rewrite. And utilize spellcheck, it will be your friend :)

Hi sister

thanks for you comment

but i cant understand what you are told my about

can you re explain it again ?

if there is no problem

h dont no, but if you mean that i must re write it agin on mu own words? i i have difficulty on this, because the english language not my language

thanks sister for you help and advice :rolleyes::rolleyes:

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Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.

I have had cancer three times and had surgery for each. A lot goes through a person's mind depending on what their knowledge level is about the surgery and their disease. Yes, the surgery changes the person's body and their self-image of their body. Also, think about why the mastectomy was done. If there was cancer, the fear of illness, death, and the cost of treatment and its side effects are certainly considerations that can weigh heavy on people's minds. I don't know about your culture, but here in the U.S. some women will have husbands who will leave them if they have a mastectomy since the breasts are important to some men sexually. Many women here will choose to have breast reconstruction surgery which restores them with a breast to replace the one that was removed. It is a self-image issue. My mother had tumors in both breasts and had a bilateral mastectomy. She didn't seem to be bothered at all by it. I cried all the time because I knew she was not going to live and the cancer did eventually kill her.

I tried to find websites about stress and psychological effects of breast cancer (the reason for a mastectomy) that were as easy to read as possible for you. Keep in mind that these are U.S. websites:

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Specializes in Med/Surg.

Are you able to put the points that you "wrote" in to your own words?

Do you know what the word sequelae means, for example?

In your posts here, not to be insulting, you have a lot of spelling errors and grammatical errors. If they are not present in your list, which they are not, it's obvious that you didn't write it. It's ok to research your topic, of course, but you need to write it in your own words, in a way that actually makes sense to you.

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Hi sister

thanks for you comment

but i cant understand what you are told my about

can you re explain it again ?

if there is no problem

h dont no, but if you mean that i must re write it agin on mu own words? i i have difficulty on this, because the english language not my language

thanks sister for you help and advice :rolleyes::rolleyes:

I can see that English is not your first language; it comes through in your messages very clearly in that there are a great many mistakes in HOW you wrote. This is why I said that if you find information on a website that you want to use in a school paper, you MUST re-write the information into your OWN words. By this I mean that anyone reading the points you listed can easily see that YOU did NOT write it. You copied it from a published source. And in school (and in life) if you put that information just the way you found it into your school paper it is called 'plagiarism', which is unethical and frequenty grounds to have you dismissed from your nursing program if not the college itself. The exception that would make it acceptable would be if you quoted the entire piece and cited the source/author correctly. However, you still have to have YOUR words make sense while mixing in those quotes.

All this is assuming that you are taking a nursing program in America, and that English is the first language of the course. If this is the case, you will need to do alot of work on your English skills in order to have a research paper even pass. Please check with your advisor regarding meeting with a tutor, whatever's necessary.

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