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Knowledgeability of clients about postoperative care at orthopaedic department
LIŠKOVÁ, Jana
Clients suffering from musculoskeletal system problems are hospitalised at the orthopaedic department. Most clients must undergo a surgery here. Surgery is a stressful situation for many clients. They are in foreign environment and do not know what to expect, they are afraid. A nurse at an orthopaedic department has a very important function. She accompanies the client before, during and after the surgery. She aims to provide her clients with enough information to calm them and to make their stay in a medical facility pleasant. Quantitative research performed by means od anonymous questionnaires was used to collect data. We addressed nurses from traumatological wards in the following hospitals: Nemocnice Písek, a.s. and Ústřední vojenská nemocnice Prague. We also contacted clients hospitalized in orthopedic and traumatological ward in the two identified hospitals. We collected identification data and information about the general awareness of postoperative care and postoperative complications. Three objectives were determined in the bachelor essay. Determination of the level of clients´ awareness, the means used by nurses to provide information about postoperative care and about postoperative complications. And whether nurses provide information through the nursing process. Results of the research were fulfilled. Three hypothese were determined. The first and the second hypothese were to confirm that clients are sufficiently informed about the postoperative care and postoperative copmlications and that nurses provide clients with the nursing care through the nursing process. These hypotheses were confirmed. Nurses inform clients about the postoperative care and they provide nursing care through the nursing process. The third hypothesis was supposed to confirm that nurses utilize all means to inform clients about the postoperative care. This hypothesis was not confirmed; nurses inform clients only orally. The research showed that clients address thein inquiries to both nurses and doctors. Clients´ awareness of postoperative care was sufficient and there is no need to increase it, however, the awareness of postoperative complications is weaker and clients would like to obtain more information from doctors. In spite of that, most of them say that postoperative complications cannot be prevented by better awareness anyway. Postoperative care is a part of the recovery period after a surgery {--} knee ligament athroplasty. Sufficient awareness of clients and timely rehabilitation is an integral part of that. Therefore, it is necessary to provide clients with sufficient amount of information. The results of the bachelor assay will be submitted to nurses in orthopedic wards in the two identified hospitals, i.e. Nemocnice Písek, a.s. and Ústřední Vojenská Nemocnice Prague, where the research was performed; the results could also be used as a source of information in workshops not only for nurses working in orthopedic wards, but for everyne who is interested in this topic. The results could also enhance the postoperative care within the nursing prosess.
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