Author(s)

Maria do Socorro Santos de Oliveira¹, Adalberto Cruz Sampaio², Camila Macêdo de Figueiredo¹, Silva Morais de Santana Ferreira³, Natália Moreira Garcia Feitosa⁴, Rosângela Rodrigues dos Santos⁵, Petrúcya Frazão Lira¹, Milana Drumond Ramos Santana¹

¹College of Juazeiro do Norte, Juazeiro do Norte, CE, Brazil.
²University Center Leão Sampaio, Juazeiro do Norte, CE, Brazil.
³Retired, Juazeiro do Norte, CE, Brazil.
⁴Maternity Hospital São Vicente, College of Medicine, Juazeiro do Norte, CE, Brazil.
⁵Center for Attention to Student (NAE), College of Juazeiro do Norte, Juazeiro do Norte, CE, Brazil.

Breast cancer is a heterogeneous and complex disease with different situations of threat to their patients, which can cause psychological discomfort, anxiety and a depressed state in women. The aim of this study was to analyze the performance of nursing to psychological repercussions on living with breast cancer. This is a descriptive and cross-sectional study with qualitative characteristics. It was conducted with professional nurses in Basic Health Units (UBS) in the municipality of Juazeiro do Norte-CE, Northeast of Brazil, located in the region of Cariri. The study began to be developed after the approval of the Research Ethics Committee, CAAE: 50809315.8. 0000.5624. Data collection occurred through a semi-structured interview. For the interpretation of the results, the technique of content analysis was used. The results showed that nurses realize that emotional support, care and assistance in coping, improve the construction of a good performance of the professional nurse. However, it is possible to realize the need for information and qualified assistance by multidisciplinary team to these patients and even their family members. It was identified as difficulty in assisting the denial of patient to start the treatment, but the facility is in the intimacy that the professional nurse can engage with the customer. It highlighted the care through dialogue and health education. And, finally, the nurse is aware of such importance of his/her role when supporting the patient. Thus, the improvement of professional assistance was evidenced as regards emotional support, reception, qualified listening, health education measures leading to self-knowledge, self-esteem and acceptance of the disease and the creation of bonds with the patients.

Nursing Care, Breast Cancer, Women’s Health

Santos de Oliveira, M. , Cruz Sampaio, A. , de Figueiredo, C. , Santana Ferreira, S. , Garcia Feitosa, N. , dos Santos, R. , Frazão Lira, P. and Ramos Santana, M. (2016) Acting Front to Nursing Psychological Repercussions in Breast Cancer Patients. Open Journal of Nursing, 6, 987-994. doi: 10.4236/ojn.2016.612095.