Author(s)

Camila Brasil Moreira, Ana Fátima Carvalho Fernandes, Míria Conceição Lavinas Santos, Altamira Mendonça Félix Gomes, Carla Monique Lopes Mourão, Rosy Denyse Pinheiro de Oliveira, Angelica Isabely de Morais Almeida, Suzy Ramos Rocha, Cláudia Rayanna Silva Mendes, Sadrine Maria Eufrasino de Pinho, Marinna Maria de Andrade Costa, Jordana Prado Benevides, Caroline Batista de Queiroz Aquino, Iarlla Silva Ferreira, Raquel Vilanova Araujo

Department of Nursing, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil.

This study aimed to analyze the concept of nursing care to patients with breast cancer on chemotherapy treatment, according to the perspective of the person submitted to care. The study followed the conceptual analysis methodology proposed by Walker and Avant according to Waldow, and it was developed through consultation to SCOPUS and CINAHL databases. The selection was carried out by inclusion and exclusion criteria, constituting a sample of 7 articles. There have been identified the main uses of the risk concept, defining attributes, antecedents and consequences of the concept. The evaluation of the concept and nursing care to breast cancer patient on chemotherapy treatment allowed a broader understanding of the phenomenon, with emphasis on the skills and competencies in nursing care dispensed to woman on chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer.

Nursing, Breast Neoplasms, Analysis, Research, Nursing Care, Chemotherapy

Moreira, C. , Carvalho Fernandes, A. , Lavinas Santos, M. , Félix Gomes, A. , Lopes Mourão, C. , Pinheiro de Oliveira, R. , Morais Almeida, A. , Rocha, S. , Silva Mendes, C. , Eufrasino de Pinho, S. , Andrade Costa, M. , Benevides, J. , Queiroz Aquino, C. , Ferreira, I. and Araujo, R. (2016) Analysis of Nursing Care Concept: Perspective of the Person Submitted to Care. Open Journal of Nursing, 6, 491-496. doi: 10.4236/ojn.2016.66051.