Prescriber/Psychiatric APRN Lifestance Health, Milford, Ohio.
Semin Oncol Nurs. 2022 Feb;38(1):151251. doi: 10.1016/j.soncn.2022.151251. Epub 2022 Feb 24.
To describe nursing symptom management of depression and anxiety in patients with cancer.
These include journal articles, online resources, and personal experience in providing mental health care to cancer survivors with depression and/or anxiety.
Nurses can provide emotional support for patients with cancer and depression or anxiety. Nurses can become aware of nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic treatment for depression and anxiety to help patients decrease their emotional distress. Nurses can also refer patients with cancer to psychiatric professionals and emotional support programs.
Nurses do not have to be experts in psychiatry to manage symptoms of depression and anxiety in patients with cancer. Nurses can listen empathically, guide patients in relaxation techniques, and advocate if they need psychotropic medications or psychiatric referrals.
描述癌症患者的抑郁和焦虑的护理症状管理。
这些包括期刊文章、在线资源以及在为患有抑郁和/或焦虑的癌症幸存者提供心理健康护理方面的个人经验。
护士可以为癌症和抑郁或焦虑患者提供情感支持。护士可以了解抑郁和焦虑的非药物和药物治疗方法，以帮助患者减轻情绪困扰。护士还可以将癌症患者转介给精神科专业人员和情感支持计划。
护士不必成为精神病学专家即可管理癌症患者的抑郁和焦虑症状。护士可以同情地倾听，指导患者进行放松技巧，并在需要精神药物或精神科转介时进行倡导。
