胃癌的臨床護理實務：預防、治療、以及安寧照護

Prevention of and Treatment and Hospice Care for Gastric Cancer: Nurses' Roles

護理人員需要具備基本的和高級的知識與技術，才能滿足胃癌病患不同的需要。胃癌的護理包括預防、治療及安寧照護。在預防胃癌，護理人員的角色包括認識胃癌，對高危險群提供專業建議以及教導保護的行為。在治療胃癌，護理人員的角色有傾聽，針對恐懼，告知真象、衛教及諮商，提供支持性的照護，並鼓勵病患尋求醫療照護。護理人員要知道胃癌的研究結果及臨床實務應用。安寧照護理念包括總是讓病患有希望，儘可能完全地與舒適地活著，接受死亡是生命過程的一部份。在胃癌的安寧照護，護理人員的角色包括病患身體、心理、和靈性的評估，計劃性的照護，症狀處理及評值。

Nurses need basic and advanced knowledge and skills to provide competent care for diverse and complex needs of patients with gastric cancer. Nursing care related to gastric cancer includes prevention, treatment, and hospice care. To help prevent gastric cancer, nurses must learn about the disease, counsel those at risk, and educate populations about protective actions. For the treatment of gastric cancer, nursing roles include listening to patients' concerns, addressing their fears, engaging in truth-telling, teaching and counseling patients, and encouraging them to seek regular medical care. Nurses also need to apply the latest research findings when giving care and use new knowledge to teach patients. Hospice takes the view that dying is part of the natural process of living. Nurses in hospice wards take the perspective that there is always hope and seek to promote quality in the remaining life.