Health care to the women with cervical cancer: the role of nursing

Abstract

The treatment of cervix cancer, especially radiotherapy and chemotherapy, cause a series of physical and emotional consequences in women. Here are depicted the forms of radiotherapic treatment (that include teletherapy and brachitherapy) and chemotherapy carried out in women with cervix cancer treated in the Radiotherapy Service and the Oncology Clinic of the Radiology Institute of the Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HC-FMUSP). The patients submitted to these treatments receive care from a multiprofessional team, in which nursing takes an important role in the support and orientation of women and their families. The present article has the objective of reporting the care given to these women and their families, stressing the role taken by the nursing team. Here are depicted the orientations for the adverse reactions in skin and mucous membrane of the gastro intestinal and urinary systems, with the adequate care of the site and answering of the questions . In addition to inform and reassure the pacients and their families, nursing can minimize, trough previous selection, the need of a more frequent medical visits.