Abstract

PEITER, Caroline Cechinel; CAMINHA, Maria Eduarda Pereira; LANZONI, Gabriela Marcellino de Melo  and  ERDMANN, Alacoque Lorenzini. Managing nursing care delivery to cancer patients in a general hospital: a Grounded Theory. Rev. Enf. Ref. [online]. 2016, vol.serIV, n.11, pp.61-69. ISSN 0874-0283.  https://doi.org/10.12707/RIV16044.

Background: Cancer incidence rates have been increasing, and today cancer is the second most fatal non-communicable disease in the world. Objectives: To understand the meaning of the management of nursing care delivery to cancer inpatients in a general hospital. Methodology: This qualitative research used the Grounded Theory methodology. Semi-structured interviews were performed with 14 participants (6 nurses, 5 nursing technicians, 1 nutritionist, 1 psychologist, and 1 patient's relative) between August and October 2010. Results: After analysis, 13 categories emerged. The core category was Understanding how professionals excel themselves and how important is interdisciplinarity when comparing the management of humanistic and humanitarian nursing care recommended for cancer patients with the health professionals and family members' experiences in an inpatient unit of a general hospital. Conclusion: The management of nursing care delivery to cancer patients is considered to be strategic to patient-centered care. Both patients and family perceive nursing as their main source of support. Multidisciplinary care and ongoing training are identified as promoters of cancer patient care.

Keywords : oncologic nursing; medical oncology; disease management; grounded theory.

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