What are the psychological care for patients with uterine cancer?

For cancer patients after surgery, we should not only pay attention to the patient's physical care after surgery, but also pay attention to the patient's psychological care after surgery. The combination of the two can alleviate the patient's mental trauma after surgery. So, how to provide psychological care for patients after uterine cancer surgery? What are the precautions?

1. Be careful to avoid indiscriminate use of verbal cues, ambiguous explanations, and incorrect guidance, which may cause iatrogenic psychological problems in patients.

2. Do not discuss the patient’s defects and poor prognosis, and keep the content of the conversation with the patient confidential.

3. Before communicating with the patient face to face, first understand the patient's condition, plan the specific purpose and content of the conversation, so that the communication is targeted and the patient is willing to accept it.

4. When communicating with patients other than face-to-face, do not show boredom, negation, or opposition. Keep your promises to patients and patiently explain things that cannot be done. Do not be perfunctory or make unrealistic promises.

5. When providing any treatment or care to patients, the reasons and effects of the treatment or care should be explained to them and their cooperation should be obtained.

6. Be good at using communication skills when communicating with patients, listen patiently to what patients say, show interest in the content of the conversation, understand the patient's situation and emotions from their perspective, make the patient feel that their inner world and feelings can be understood, do not interrupt the patient's conversation unless necessary, maintain appropriate eye contact and a natural, relaxed posture during the conversation, and communicate in a calm and friendly manner.