NCM-112-RLE-LEARNING-PACKET-BREAST-CANCER 1st SEM-SY2021-2022
NCM-112-RLE-LEARNING-PACKET-BREAST-CANCER 1st SEM-SY2021-2022
NCM-112-RLE-LEARNING-PACKET-BREAST-CANCER 1st SEM-SY2021-2022
MODULE OVERVIEW
Nursing is a profession that requires intensive training on both theoretical and clinical
perspective. The course NCM 112 deals with the Concepts, Principles and Theories of Human
Behavior and the Care of the sick client across the lifespan with emphasis on Infectious
Inflammatory & Immunologic Response, Fluids & Electrolytes, and Oxygenation & Cellular
Aberration in varied settings.
For this module, you will be providing nursing care to adult and elderly clients with medical
conditions related to fluid and electrolyte imbalances.
Having gone through the theoretical inputs in the NCM 112 lecture, the next step that you need
to learn is on the application of these principles and techniques in the nursing care of these
clients.
For this 48- hour related learning experience, you will be catered to flexible
clinical learning experiences through this self-instructional module.
Prepared by: RELATED LEARNING EXPERIENCE ROTATION
In your provision of the nursing care, you are reminded of the following behaviors:
As you start with this module, you are free to consult and coordinate with your assigned clinical
instructor. Be sure to get his/ her email address and contact number for collaboration and
assistance. Just keep going, you can do it!
You are now ready to meet your patient for this clinical experience.
CASE SCENARIO:
At 10am of September 15, 2021, B.V is a 58 – year – old woman came to the emergency
department with a 2 day history of fever, chills, and shortness of breath and non-productive cough and
have nausea and vomiting. On arrival, she is disoriented and agitated. Vital signs are 86/43, 119, 28,
39.8°C (103.6°F), SaO2 85% on room air. Chest x-ray demonstrates diffuse infiltrates in the left lower lung.
Her chem 14 is WNL, with the exception of BUN 28 mg/dL, creatine 1.6 mg/dL, and lactic acid 2.4 mg/dL.
She came for a routine mammogram showed a 2.3 x 4.5 cm lobulated mass at the 3:00 position in
her left breast. B.V underwent a stereotactic needle biopsy and was diagnosed with infiltrating ductal
carcinoma that was both estrogen and progesterone receptor positive. The staging work – up was
negative for distant metastasis.
Her final staging was stage IIB. She had a modified radical mastectomy with lymph node
dissection. The sentinel lymph node and 11 of 16 lymph nodes were positive for tumor cells. An implanted
port was placed during surgery. She is prescribed a chemotherapy regimen of six cycles of CAF
(cyclophosphamide {Cytoxan}, Fluorouracil {5-FU}, and doxorubicin {Adriamycin}). Hooked on 0.9% sodium
Chloride 1000 mL for 8 hours.
B.V has now completed three cycles of CAF. Her last treatment with (cyclophosphamide {Cytoxan},
Fluorouracil {5-FU}, and doxorubicin {Adriamycin}) was approximately 12 days ago. Her vital signs are
85/50, RR 28, Temp 39.5, SaO2 85% on room air.
Chart View: Complete Blood Count
WBC 2000/mm³; Neutrophils 34%; Segmented (Polys) 28%; Bands 4%; Lymphocytes 60%; Monocytes 3%;
Eosinophil’s and Basophils 2%; Hct 24.9%; Hgb 8.7 g/dL; Platelets 85,000/mm³
TOTAL 100%
REFLECTION TIME
In the study of Catherine Paterson et al (2020). “Nurses are key stakeholders in developing and
implementing policies regarding standards of care during the COVID-19 pandemic. This pandemic poses
several challenges for oncology services. Oncology nurses are providing a pivotal role in the care and
management of the novel COVID-19 in the year landmarked as the International Year of the Nurse.” In
the challenges that you anticipate in your future clinical immersion and care for your patients, what
inspiration can you draw out of this beautiful conclusion?
Before we move on to the next topic, I would want to listen to your feedback for this RLE
learning packet. Kindly rate each area with a scale of 1-5 with 1 as the lowest and 5 as the
highest.
EVALUATION RATING
1. Comprehensive Content
2. Relevance of Content
3. Clarity of the text and the message
4. Alignment of the assessment activities to learning outcomes
REFERENCES:
Palompon, Daisy (2020) Developing Self-Learning Modules for flexible Learning in the Related Learning
Experience, ADPCN Webinar August 3, 2020.
Paterson, Catherine et.al (2020) Oncology Nursing during a Pandemic: Critical Reflections in the context
of COVID – 19
Harding Marian et al., (2013) Critical Thinking Cases in Nursing 5th Edition