title: Role of the stoma care nurse: patients with cancer and colostomy.
abstract: This case study describes the physical, psychological and emotional problems of a female patient suffering from rectal cancer, who required the formation of a colostomy. It highlights the role of the stoma care nurse from diagnosis, though staging of the disease, to treatment and recovery in hospital and at home, and discusses the problems of altered body image and the need for effective communication to enable the patient to achieve a good quality of life.
authors.affiliation: Hexham General Hospital, Northumberland.
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Comb
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*; D003125:Colostomy / Q000451:nursing*; D017281:Cost of Illness; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000451:nursing; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*; D054047:Surgical Stomas; D016896:Treatment Outcome