| Nursing problems | Number of respondents |
| Respiratory complications | Risk of postoperative respiratory complications |
| State of breathing seems poor after surgery | |
| Aggravation of the breathing state | |
| High-risk respiratory complication | |
| Risk of respiratory complication | |
| Ineffective airway clearance (4) | |
| Risk of pulmonary complication | |
| Risk, postoperative breathing state | |
| Complications after surgery: pneumonia | |
| Pneumonia | |
| There is a large quantity of sputum after surgery, probably because patient was a smoker. Probable atelectasis of right inferior lobe | |
| Ineffective airway clearance; patient cannot expectorate the sputum on own | |
| Oxygenicity is poor | |
| Postoperative wound pain | Wound pain control is insufficient |
| Pain control seems to be difficult after discontinuing PCA | |
| Wound pain after surgery | |
| Postoperative wound pain | |
| Possible poor pain control | |
| Acute pain (2) | |
| Acute pain of wound after surgery | |
| Pain control is insufficient | |
| Wound pain | |
| Pain | |
| Wound pain, pain from drains | |
| Wound pain, pain from drains | |
| Acute pain from a wound | |
| Postoperative pain | |
| Anxiety | Anxiety about first hospitalization and operation |
| Anxiety | |
| Anxiety about operation (3) | |
| Anxiety about healing process after surgery | |
| Anxiety about operation and future | |
| Anxiety about convalescence | |
| There is postoperative anxiety after operation for cancer | |
| Anxiety about post-operation |