ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the cognitive status of nursing of cancer patients among nurses of cardiothoracic surgery department,to discuss countermeasures to improve nursing quality of tumor patients of cardiothoracic surgery department. Methods 150 nurses of cardiothoracic surgery department from November 2009 to November 2010 in five hospitals of a certain city were selected as the research object.The elf-made questionnaire about cognition of cancer patients nursing was adopted for investigation.The cognition condition of health education,psychological care,death education,care of cancer pain of 150 nurses was taken for statistics. Results The study showed that 150 cardiothoracic surgical nurses mastered the health education knowledge best,the average score was(88.6 ± 11.3).The knowledge of death related knowledge was the worst,the average score was (64.5 ± 21.6).The differences of mastering degree of psychological care and pain related knowledge level for 5 hospital nurses were quite significant.The differences of psychological care knowledge levels of hospital A and C,D were significant.The differences of care of cancer pain of hospital B and A,E,F were significant. Conclusions Based on the cognitive status of cardiothoracic surgery nurses for nursing of cancer patients,appropriate theoretical and practical training can be adopted in order to improve cognitive level of related knowledge about nursing of cancer patients among cardiothoracic surgery nurses,so that the nursing quality for cancer patients can be improved.