[Assessment of the midwives preparation to take care of patients with cervical cancer].
BACKGROUND
The success of the cervical cancer treatment depends not the only on the early diagnosis, but also on the immediate initiation of the appropriate treatment and proper nursing care, which should be adequate with the present knowledge.


OBJECTIVE
The objective of the research was the assessment of the theoretical preparation of nurses taking care of patients with cervical cancer.


METHODS
50 nurses, working in the departments of gynecological diseases, have been interviewed. All the nurses graduated from College of Nursing, 3 of them additionally studied in the Pedagogical Graduate School. 60% of the nurses had 10-20 years of professional experience. We used special questionnaire made of 3 parts: describing the objective of the research/test, characteristics of the patient, specific questions. There were 18 questions: 5-closed, 1-open, 12-semiopen. They were checking the knowledge about the diagnostics, preparation of the patient to the operation using Wertheim-Meigs-Valle method, postoperative care until the discharge from the hospital and then oncological care.


RESULTS
Almost all of them (88%-92%) have known the sequence of the diagnosis and treatment of the cervical cancer. 90% of them have been knowledgeable what kind of diagnostic and nursing procedures were required before the surgery using Wertheim-Meigs-Valle method. Almost all of the tested nurses (96%-100%) have known the procedure of postoperative care. They had a practical knowledge how to assess the patient condition and components of care that the patients require during the first few days after the surgery. According to the tested nurses, 90% of the patients operated because of cervical cancer, should follow up in oncological centers.


CONCLUSIONS
1. The nurses' preparation to take care of patients with cervical cancer is sufficient and it affects the effectiveness of the treatment. 2. The nurses have knowledge about pre- and postoperative procedures that the patients require, as well as assessment of general condition and patients' care, which are so important in the first few days after the surgery.
Grabiec
Marek
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Katedry i Kliniki Ginekologii Onkologicznej i Pielegniarstwa Onkologicznego AM w Bydgoszczy.
Hellwig
Izabela
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D000328:Adult; D002983:Clinical Competence; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008880:Midwifery / Q000592:standards*; D009721:Nurse Midwives / Q000592:standards*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000592:standards*; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000592:standards; D011044:Poland; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing* / Q000601:surgery