The nursing management priority
for this client is: Correction of
nutritional deficits
Correcting the nutrition deficit
is a higher priority. Clients with gastric cancer commonly have nutritional
deficits and may be cachectic. Nutritional deficits occur when the body does
not absorb or get the necessary amount of nutrient from food. Discharge
planning before surgery is important, but at present, radiation therapy has not
been proven effective for gastric cancer, and teaching about it preoperatively
would not be appropriate. Prevention of DVT also is not a high priority to
surgery, though it assumes greater importance after surgery.
