Palliative nursing care for a patient with pancreatic cancer

The bachelor's thesis, which is called Palliative nursing care for a patient with pancreatic cancer, is divided into two parts - for the theoretical and practical part. In the theoretical part, I deal with the definition of "palliative nursing care", its history, the difference between general and specialized palliative nursing care, the goals of palliative care are described, the role of the nurse is described, and the specifics of palliative nursing care are discussed. The second part of the theoretical part focuses on the definition of pancreatic cancer, etiology, risk factors, clinical picture, diagnosis and TNM classification. In the practical part of the bachelor's thesis, the results of qualitative research are presented, where I find answers to research questions that are important for the research goals. The aim of this work is to find out what are the specifics of nursing in the terminal stage, whether nurses make differences in nursing in certain stages of the disease, how they maintain mental health and whether they have the opportunity to fulfill the patient's spiritual wishes. The research is carried out through a semi-structured interview, which is conducted with the nurses of the internal medicine and oncology departments. The research shows that the specifics of palliative nursing care depend on the nurses' emotions, nursing care in certain stages of the disease is conditioned by the cooperation of the patient, and that mental hygiene is very important for nurses and its fulfillment is achieved through physical activities. Finally, it is found that the fulfillment of the patient's spiritual needs depends on the availability of the given need. This work provides readers with information regarding palliative nursing care for patients with pancreatic cancer in practice. It helps to understand the burden that nurses experience both psychologically and physically when caring for palliative patients. In addition, this information can offer nurses ideas and advice on maintaining mental health and possible changes in the approach to palliative care