How should lung cancer patients be cared for? 2 elements of nursing measures for lung cancer patients

If we want to treat patients with lung cancer, we should first know the clinical manifestations of patients with this disease. In addition, we should also guide patients with lung cancer to pay attention to their diet and exercise in daily life, because patients with this disease have very low resistance after surgery, so we should improve the patient's resistance.

1. Follow the general nursing care points for thoracic surgery patients.

2. Preoperative care

(1) Improve lung function

1) Quit smoking (it is best to quit smoking for more than two weeks).

2) Observe the coughing and expectoration, and teach the patients how to effectively cough, expectorate and perform abdominal breathing.

3) Encourage patients to drink enough water to moisten sputum.

4) For patients with lung infection, antibiotics, bronchodilators, expectorants or nebulizer inhalation should be given as prescribed by the doctor.

5) Maintain oral hygiene and treat oral complications as prescribed by your doctor.

6) Those who have difficulty breathing should be given low-flow oxygen in time.

7) For those with chest pain, take analgesics as prescribed by the doctor.

(2) Improve the patient's nutritional status by providing nutritious and easily digestible food. If necessary, intravenous infusion of albumin, plasma, etc. should be performed according to the doctor's instructions.

(3) Follow the doctor’s instructions and surgical requirements and make good preoperative preparations.