Care for Surgical and Oncological Patients

Surgical intervention is the most effective treatment for oncology.That is why operations are the main type of treatment that is used in oncology. A medical professional who practices oncology is an oncologist.

Care for a patient with a surgical profile is one of the most important parts of medical activity. The main role and responsibility in providing care is given to the doctor and nurse.

Surgical care is divided into general and special. General surgical care consists of the organization of sanitary-hygienic and curative-protective regimens in the department.

Nursing care is aimed at the implementation of personal and clinical hygiene in the hospital, giving the patient food and drink, helping the patient to move and empty the bowels and urinary bladder.

Nursing care for cancer patients is not only the performance of hygienic and household procedures, control of medication, but also a great psychological work, requiring great patience.

The peculiarity of caring for patients with malignant neoplasms is the need for a special psychological approach. You cannot let a patient know the true diagnosis.

Regular weighing has great importance in observation cancer patients as the weight loss is one of the signs of disease progression.

Regular measurement of body temperature allows to identify the reaction of the body to radiation therapy. Information about body weight and temperature should be recorded in the medical history (case history) or on an outpatient card.

It is necessary to train the patient and relatives in hygiene.

The proper nutrition is also important.

In all cases, the main thing in caring for cancer patients is strict observance of the prescriptions of an oncologist.

Read the questions in A, choose and read the correct answers in B / ПрочитайтевопросывколонкеА, выберитеипрочитайтеправильныеответывколонке B

A	B
1. What is surgical care?	a) Sanitary-hygienic regime does.
2. Surgical care is divided into…	b) Because the weight loss is one of the signs of disease progression.
3 Who practices oncology?	c) The proper nutrition is.
4. What is also necessary for an oncological patient?	d) general and special.
5. Why does regular weighing have great importance in observation of cancer patients?	e) A medical professional who practices oncology is an oncologist
6. Which regime includes prevention of nosocomial infection?	f) Surgical care is a medical activity in the implementation of personal and clinical hygiene in the hospital.

                                                                                                                  

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· Nursing care is aimed at the……… of personal and clinical hygiene in the hospital.

· Regular measurement of body temperature allows to …… the reaction of the body to radiation therapy.

· The main thing in caring for cancer patients is strict ……..of the prescriptions of an oncologist.

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Vocabulary

 

surgical – хирургический oncological – онкологический care –уход surgery – хирургия damage – повреждение tissue–ткань pathological – патологический nidus – очаг инфекции movement – движение bowels – кишечник urinarybladder – мочевой пузырь emptying – опорожнение vomiting – рвота bleeding – кровотечение premises - помещения sanitary-hygienic – санитарно-гигиенический curative-protective – лечебно-охранительный implementation - реализация nosocomial – нозокомиальная, внутрибольничная (о инфекции)

checkup – полный медицинский осмотр, обследование oncology – онкология cancer – рак malignant – злокачественный         neoplasm (tumor) – неоплазма, новообразование; опухоль sarcoma – саркома ulcer – язва discharge – выписка (из больницы) medical certificate – медицинскаясправка observation – наблюдение      medical history (case history) – историяболезни outpatient card – амбулаторнаякарта regimen – режим neglected – запущенный observance–следование, соблюдение patience-терпение peculiarity -особенность benevolent - доброжелательный

 

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