Colon cancer

Colon cancer

1.      Introduction:

Cancer begins in cells, the building blocks that make up tissues. Tissues make up the organs of the body. Normally, cells grow and divide to form new cells as the body needs them. When cells grow old, they die, and new cells take their place. Sometimes this orderly process goes wrong. New cells form when the body does not need them, and cells do not die when they should. These extra cells can form a mass of tissue called a growth or tumor. Tumors can be benign or malignant:

The infant’s medical condition

In the management of NEC, the nurse plays a vital and important role since “nurses are best able to observe clinical changes in preterm newborns because they spend the most time providing care and therefore must be vigilant in observing for subtle signs to effect early diagnosis and treatment” (Yeo, 2006, p. 47). Therefore, it is also important that the nurse has knowledge of the types of medical and surgical intervention to enable the bedside nurse to provide the best care for an newborn with NEC and guide and help his or her family throughout the disease process (Yeo, 2006, p. 47).