Jinekolojik Kanserli Hastalarda Cinsellik

Cinsellik çok boyutlu bir kavram olup, jinekolojik kanser tanısı alma ile negatif etkilenmektedir. Jinekolojik kanser tanısı alma ve uygulanan tedaviler kadınlarda çeşitli cinsel sorunlara neden olmaktadır. Buna karşılık cinselliğe yönelik konuların tabu olarak düşünülüp, konuşulmaktan kaçınılması, personelin bu konuda yeterli bilgiye sahip olmaması gibi nedenlerle hastalar bu sorunlar ile baş etmede yalnız kalmakta, sağlık personelinden bekledikleri desteği görememektedir. Bu makalenin amacı, jinekolojik kanser tanısı alan kadınların cinselliğe yönelik yaşadıkları sorunların tanımlanması ve hemşirelik uygulamaları için önerilerin tartışılmasıdır. Hemşirelerin jinekolojik kanserli hastaların cinselliğe yönelik yaşadıkları sıkıntıların bilincinde olması, hastaları bütüncül bir yaklaşım ile ele alıp, yeterli bakımı sunabilmeleri için önemlidir.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Cinsellik, Hemşirelik, Kanser, Jinekolojik kanser.

Women Diagnosed with Gynecologic Cancer Sexuality Problems and Nursing Applications

Sexuality is a multidimensional construct and negatively affected by diagnosed with gynecologic cancer. Diagnosed with gynecologic cancer and the treatment cause a variety of sexual problems. This might be considered as taboo for reasons such as issues for provision of sexuality, be avoided speaking, healthcare professionals’ lack of sufficient knowledge in this regard patients alone in dealing with these problems, cannot see the support they expect from health personnel. The purpose of this article is to identify the sexuality problems experienced by the women diagnosed with gynecological cancer and to discuss the proposal for nursing practice. It is important to be able to provide adequate care that healthcare professionals could use holistic approach when be aware of sexuality problems of patients with gynecological cancer

Keywords:

Sexuality, Nursing, Cancer, Gynecologic cancer,

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