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Patient's return to normal life after limb amputation
HRDONKOVÁ, Jana
The topic of this bachelor's thesis is the matter of the complex approach to patients who have had a limb amputated, which has a major impact on an individual's living standards. The excellent functionality of the entire team treating the individual is essential in this case, including the timing of follow-up care, so that the limb amputation patient's return to normal life is as easy as possible and the patient is not required to deal with obstacles that could complicate the process when he returns to his home environment. In the introductory chapters, the theoretical part of this paper discusses the history of limb amputation and gives a historic insight into prosthetic treatment compared to the current situation in the field of prosthetics. This is followed by a description of nursing care, with special focus on care of the stump, physiotherapy and, lastly, social support of individuals following limb amputation. Three objectives were determined - 1. To establish how informed limb amputee patients are before being discharged for subsequent care at home, 2. To establish how nurses are involved in the limb amputation patient's return to his home environment, 3. To establish how family members are involved in the process of preparing a patient for normal life before the individual is discharged from the medical facility. The semi-structured interview method was used to obtain answers to research questions for the purpose of achieving these objectives. Limb amputation patients who had returned to their normal lives made up one research sample and nurses from the surgical department made up the second research sample. The research survey revealed that there is a deficiency in the field of providing information to limb amputation patients in order to make their return to their normal lives easier. Patients left hospital with incomplete information about subsequent procedures that would make their return to their normal lives easier, for instance arrangement of compensation aids for patients, information about the possibility of being contacted by social workers and also contact information for services that could help them in this difficult situation. The bachelor's thesis research survey resulted in creation of an information brochure for limb amputation patients.
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