[Nurses, woman, breast cancer: integration in a surgical unit. Study of the needs of patients and possible solutions]. / L'infermiera/e, la donna, il cancro della mammella: l'integrazione in una unità operativa di chirurgia. Indagine conoscitiva dei bisogni delle pazienti e possibili proposte operative.

The authors report the results of an investigation performed in a surgical teaching department of the University of Padua. A form was given to all women admitted for breast cancer. Questions were related to the most important concerns during the hospital stay. The targets of this investigation were: To evaluate the feelings during the diagnostic work-up and the related procedures, to evaluate the role and the reaction of the patient's family, to define kind and quality of the informations given to the patients from the nurses staff, to report concern about the future, to define quality of nursing associate, ght to detect the most difficult moments of the disease. On the basis of this investigation the authors suggest the options to approach the problems and possible solutions.