Term Paper in Nursing: Planning Care for the Client with Laryngeal Cancer

Nursing diagnosis aid the nurse to be efficient while administering care to the patient. In this scenario, the patient is suffering from Laryngeal Cancer which causes him to have a persistent sore throat and difficulties in swallowing food and fluids. Additionally, the patient has had a long history of excessive smoking. Based on his medical history, a syndrome diagnosis is the most applicable in this case study. This kind of diagnosis describes a specific cluster of nursing diagnoses that have common intervention strategies (Siegel, Miller & Jemal, 2015). To arrive at the diagnosis decision, the nurse assesses the patient's lifestyle, health and family history. Through educative judgment concerning the actual problem of the patient, its possible to project possible results of the impending therapy.

The smoking history of the patient is a pointer to the cause of laryngeal cancer. The patient has had persistent sore throats and experiences difficulties in swallowing. These symptoms are an indicator that the patient was a heavy smoker (Burchum & Rosenthal, 2014). Other likely causes include workplace exposure to hazardous elements like chemicals, excessive use of alcohol, human papillomavirus (HPV) and diet lacking fruits and vegetables (Siegel, Miller & Jemal, 2015).

Implementing the syndrome diagnosis strategies will be aimed at achieving a steady and fast recuperation of the patient. The projected outcome of the diagnosis is ensuring that the disease does not re-emerge again in the patient as a result of the identified risk factors and that the patient can be able to swallow food easily (Pillitteri, 2010). Among the nursing intervention that can be applied to the patients condition is taking the patient through swallowing practice to avoid choking. Secondly, enlightening their family members on the need to keep the patient from smoking and the need for a well-balanced fluid diet (Burchum & Rosenthal, 2014).

Taking the patient through swallowing practice will ensure that they benefit from the food they ingest thus gaining strength speedily. Abstaining from smoking will ensure that chances of the disease re-emerging as a result of this practice are reduced (Hinkle, & Cheever, 2013). Lastly, a balanced fluid diet is easier to swallow as compared to solid one. A balanced diet also strengthens their immunity system thus the body is able to wade off any secondary illnesses.

References

Burchum, J., & Rosenthal, L. (2014). Lehne's Pharmacology for Nursing Care-E-Book. Elsevier Health Sciences.

Hinkle, J. L., & Cheever, K. H. (2013). Clinical Handbook for Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-surgical Nursing. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Pillitteri, A. (2010). Maternal & child health nursing: care of the childbearing & childrearing family. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Siegel, R. L., Miller, K. D., & Jemal, A. (2015). Cancer statistics, 2015. CA: a cancer journal for clinicians, 65(1), 5-29.