ONCOLOGICAL NURSING CARE IN FRONT OF THE EFFECTS OF EXTRAVASATION OF ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS:
TRAINING FOR NURSES AND NURSING TECHNICIANS
Keywords: Nursing Care; Medical Oncology; Education, Continuing; Drug Therapy, Combination; Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials.
ABSTRACT
Cancer is a chronic degenerative disease, considered the main indicator of global morbidity and mortality and, in Brazil, it represents the second leading cause of death, constituting a serious public health problem. Among the possible treatments, chemotherapy stands out as it increases patient survival, although it presents some risks, such as the extravasation of antineoplastic agents, and causes harm to the patient due to the characteristics of these compounds. In this area of activity and during cancer treatment with chemotherapy drugs, nurses and nursing technicians perform specific care to guarantee safety, well-being and improve the quality of health care. Thus, this study aims to validate the content of a training course on nursing care in the prevention and treatment of chemotherapy drug extravasation in cancer patients. This is a methodological study to be carried out in three stages: the first involves exploratory research with nursing professionals in two public hospitals specializing in oncological treatment, in addition to carrying out a scope review, along the lines of the Joanna Briggs Institute with application of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) protocol; in the second stage, a course plan will be developed, supported by the scope review and the results of exploratory research based on the framework of Experiential Learning by David Kolb and Nursing Systems Theory by Betty Neuman; The last stage will correspond to the validation of the course content through expertise and the application of the Delphi technique for consensus among expert judges, applying the average of the Content Validation Index together with the Kappa Coefficient. At the end of this study, it is expected that the construction and validation of this educational technology will contribute to the training of nurses and nursing technicians, with an emphasis on preventing and managing the extravasation of antineoplastic agents. This will culminate in improving the quality of nursing care, resulting in safer and more effective comprehensive care, with a consequent reduction in harm to patients.