Patients’ experiences of pre and intra operative nursing care in Ghana: A qualitative study
| Autor: | Florence Dedey, Lydia Aziato, Bernard Atinyagrika Adugbire |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Intra operative
Surgical nursing medicine.medical_treatment lcsh:DT1-3415 Preoperative care Nonprobability sampling 03 medical and health sciences Nursing care 0302 clinical medicine Nursing medicine Medical history Patients’ perspective 030212 general & internal medicine General Nursing Intraoperative lcsh:RT1-120 lcsh:Nursing 030504 nursing business.industry Preoperative assessment Integrated pain management Diathermy lcsh:History of Africa 0305 other medical science business Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, Vol 6, Iss C, Pp 45-51 (2017) |
| ISSN: | 2214-1391 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijans.2017.04.001 |
| Popis: | Objective The objective of this study was to explore surgical patients' experiences of preoperative and intraoperative nursing care. Materials and methods The study was conducted at the Regional Hospital, Bolgatanga, Ghana and employed a qualitative explorative descriptive design. Purposive sampling technique was used to recruit participants. The data was saturated with 15 participants aged between 23 and 65years. All the interviews were audio-taped and transcribed verbatim. Results The nurses reassured, counseled and pre-habilitated patients where necessary. They also provided physical care to patients but failed to involve patients in their care. Nurses did not take patients' medical history. Nurses poorly managed patients' pain during surgery and safety measures were not adequately employed resulting in some patients sustaining minor injuries due to poor usage of theatre equipment such as diathermy machines. Nurses also provided inadequate information to patients and this resulted in patients being confused and anxious. Conclusions The study showed that some nurses require further training to provide better care to their surgical patients. |
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