Family’s Experience: Nursing Care for Colorectal Cancer Patients with Colostomy

Abstract

Background: Colorectal cancer patients with colostomy have various complaints about changes in their life including the need for comprehensive and personal care. Ostomy nurses are responsible for managing people with colostomy, and this particular nursing practice continues to develop globally. Also, previous literature highlights the importance of caregiver’s support, particularly family in colostomy patient care.Purpose: This study aims to explore the family experience of colorectal cancer patients toward colostomy nursing careMethods: The study design used descriptive phenomenology to explore the experience of ten participants through an in-depth interview. The participants were selected using purposive sampling with the following inclusion criteria: family members of colorectal cancer patients with colostomy, over 21 years old, and able to communicate verbally. The data were analyzed using Colaizzi's method.Results: The results revealed three themes related to the family’s experience: (1) Positive and negative behavior in nursing care, (2) Living with colostomy, (3) Expectations for nursing care. The findings found that the families were happy with the ostomy nursing care though some aspects need to be improved. However, colorectal cancer patients experienced some difficulties to live with a colostomy.Conclusion: The study concluded that the colostomy nursing care still needs to be improved. This study recommends the ostomy nurses to improve their nursing care, especially in terms of skills, responsiveness, and awareness.

Effect of Nursing Instructions on Self Care for Colostomy Patients

“…So this entails a need for integrated and planned self-care education as a means of supporting ostomates in overcoming the physical, psychological, and social difficulties, and increase self-esteem (Seo, 2019). Ostomy nurses are responsible for managing persons with a stoma, and this specialty nursing practice continues to evolve on a global basis (Sujianto et al, 2020). Thus, comprehensive and personalized nursing care is important in order to prevent or manage complications and improve the physiological and psychosocial adjustments to ostomy patient.…”

Nursing Care During the Surgical Treatment of Colorectal Cancers

“…Hemşireler bu sorunların ortaya çıkmasını önlemeye ve ortaya çıkan sorunların çözümlerine yönelik olarak bakım verici, eğitici, danışman, destekleyici, yetiştirici ve kolaylaştırıcı rollerini kullanarak bakım vermeli, taburculuk eğitimi ve evde izlem yapmalıdır (Duluklu & Çelik, 2019;Vonk-Klaassen et al, 2016;). Yapılan çalışmalarda kolostomili hastaların hastalık ve uygulanan tedavilere bağlı olarak yaşam kalitesinde olumlu ve olumsuz değişiklikler olmakla birlikte olumsuz değişiklikler daha fazla görülmektedir (Cengiz & Bahar, 2017;Kimura et al, 2017;Sujianto et al, 2020;Tuominen et al, 2020). Kolorektal kanser ameliyatı geçiren hastaların ameliyat öncesi ve sonrası deneyimlerinin incelendiği bir çalışmada hastaların hepsi hastalıklarının etkileri hakkında konuşmak istemişlerdir (Karaveli ve ark., 2014).…”

The clarification of the concept of colostomy nursing care in ostomy care centers: A concept analysis through Walker and Avant’s method

“…[ 10 ] However, noncontinuous care to ostomates can increase the caregiver burden on family members and reduce the quality of life of patients and their family members. [ 11 12 13 ]…”