Contemporary Nursing

Objective To analyze the effectiveness of nursing risk management applied to vaginal flushing during radiotherapy for cervical cancer patients. Methods 86 cervical cancer patients who received chemotherapy treatment in our hospital from January 2020 to January 2022 were selected as the study subjects. They were randomly divided into a control group and a study group, with 43 cases in each group. The control group received routine vaginal flushing, while the study group added nursing risk management to the routine vaginal flushing. The emotional state changes, incidence of vaginal adverse events, and quality of life (SF-36) scores of the two groups of patients before and after nursing were compared. Results Before nursing, there was no statistically significant difference in the scores of the Self Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and Self Rating Depression Scale (SDS) between the two groups of patients (P>0.05). After nursing, the SAS and SDS scores of the study group were lower than those of the control group, and the differences were both statistically significant (P<0.05); The SF-36 score of the study group was higher than that of the control group, and the incidence of vaginitis, vaginal adhesions, vulvitis, and infection was lower than that of the control group, with statistical significance (P<0.05). Conclusion Applying nursing risk management to vaginal flushing during radiotherapy for cervical cancer patients can help patients establish a positive treatment attitude, reduce the risk of vaginal adverse reactions, improve quality of life, and have clinical promotion and application value.

Nursing risk management; Cervical cancer; Radiotherapy; Vaginal flushing