HEALTH ASSESSMENT CARE PLAN FOR BLADDER CANCER PATIENT

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Theresa is a 37 year old; who was diagnosed with bladder cancer. She recently commenced her course of chemotherapy .She rushes to the Emergency Room at 11.45pm complaining of having a fever.

Introduction

The nurse plays an important role in the management of the cancer patient undergoing chemotherapy. This case would look at the case of bladder cancer and how the nurse can plan interventions based on a comprehensive nursing assessment.

Bladder Cancer

Bladder cancer is cancer that occurs in the bladder and is about four different types based on cell type origin. These are transitional cell carcinoma (also called urothelial carcinoma), squamous cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma and small cell carcinoma (American Cancer Society, 2009).

Transitional cell carcinoma is the most common type occurring in 97% of bladder cancer cases. It can be divided into two subtypes papillary tumors which grow toward the center of the bladder and flat carcinomas which involve the layers of cells lining the bladder wall (American Cancer Society, 2009).

Squamous cell carcinoma makes up about 1 to 2 % of bladder cancer types and these are invasive. Adenocarcinoma makes up about 1% and these are also invasive. Small cell carci