Standardized nursing for cancer pain in advanced cancer patients

  Objective  To explore the effect of standardized nursing for advanced cancer patients with pain.

  Methods  A total of 74 patients with advanced cancer admitted to our hospital were randomly divided into observation group and control group, with 37 cases in each group. The control group was given routine nursing, while the observation group was given standardized nursing process, and the nursing effects of the two groups were compared.

  Results  After nursing, rate of timely medicine-taking and rate of medicine-taking when pain attacking in the observation group were significantly higher than that in the control group(P < 0.05). There was no significant difference in Visual Analogue Scale(VAS) scores before nursing between the two groups (P>0.05), the VAS scores of the two groups after nursing was significantly lower than nursing before (P < 0.05), and the observation group was significantly lower than the control group (P < 0.05); the scores of each item in Quality of Life Scale after nursing in the observation group were significantly higher than those in the control group (P < 0.05).

  Conclusion  Standardized nursing process for advanced cancer patients can effectively alleviate cancer pain, improve drug compliance, and improve the quality of life.