Contemporary Nursing

Objective To analyze the effect of skin care on improving skin wound healing and nursing satisfaction in patients with head and neck tumors undergoing radiotherapy. Methods Sixty-four patients with head and neck tumors who received radiotherapy in our hospital from January 2023 to January 2025 were selected and randomly grouped by drawing lots, with 32 cases in each group. The control group received routine radiotherapy care, while the observation group received targeted skin care on the basis of the control group. Compare the wound healing indicators and nursing satisfaction of the two groups. Results The appearance time of skin erythema in the observation group after intervention was later than that in the control group, and the wound healing time was shorter than that in the control group (P < 0.05). The incidence of grade I skin injury in the observation group was higher than that in the control group (χ2=4.267, P=0.039), the incidence of grade III skin injury was lower than that in the control group (χ2=4.730, P=0.030), and there was no significant difference between grade III and grade IV skin injuries (χ2=0.000, 1.016, P=1.000, 0.313). The nursing satisfaction rate of the observation group was 96.88%, which was higher than that of the control group (78.13%) (P < 0.05). Conclusion Implementing targeted skin care for patients with head and neck tumors undergoing radiotherapy can delay the occurrence time of skin injuries, shorten the wound healing time, reduce the degree of injury, and improve the satisfaction of nursing at the same time. It is worthy of clinical promotion.

Head and Neck tumors; Radiotherapy; Skin care; Wound healing; Nursing satisfaction