Nursing care of patient with prostate cancer

For a long time I am interested in the issue of patients terminally ill and dying, especially in the context of palliative and hospice care. It is for this reason I chose a case study of a patient with advanced disease for whom curative medicine has exhausted all its possibilities, and for which the ideal has become a palliative care provided in a hospice inpatient facility. In this work, first I present the anatomy and physiology of the prostate gland / prostate cancer, the pathophysiological basis of prostate cancer, diagnosis and treatment options, and basic patient data, all in the clinical part. The nursing section deals with the idea of palliative medicine and hospice care specifics, according to which the patient was maintained throughout the nursing process. In drawing up the plan of care, I focused on searching for current and potential patient problems and their effective solutions. I lined nursing problems / diagnoses according to priorities. For each diagnosis, I identified the target, which should realistically be achieved and accordingly determine the appropriate nursing interventions. In conclusion, I assess the process and outcome enrolled. Nursing section concludes psychological evaluation and patient education. In the end, work is a list of reference books and other sources, abbreviations,..