Thoughts and Attitudes of Surgical Nurses on Planned Discharge Education and Influencing Factors

Year 2023, Volume: 12 Issue: 4, 1855 - 1862, 26.12.2023

Bahar Candaş Altınbaş , Ayşe Serpici , Ayla Gürsoy , Didem Sarımehmet

https://doi.org/10.37989/gumussagbil.1275511

Abstract

The shortening of the discharge time due to technological developments requires the patients to be discharged with sufficient information about the recovery process they will spend at home. Consequently, discharge planning and patient education are becoming more and more important in surgical patient care day by day. The aim of the study is to determine the thoughts and attitudes of surgical nurses related to discharge of patients after surgery and influencing factors. This descriptive study included 192 surgical nurses. Data were obtained with a questionnaire designed by researchers. It was found that 83.3% of the nurses provided discharge education to the patients and 71.9% of them implemented this education in a planned manner. In addition, while most of the nurses planned discharge education at the time of discharge, only 38.3% planned it at the time of hospitalization. Planned discharge education is usually given in the patient's room (93.0%), verbally (98.3%), taking into account the patient's age and education level (79.1%). Wound care (80.0%), self-care activities (79.1%) and drug therapy (73.0%) were the top three training topics. The institution where the nurse works, the clinic and the number of patients cared for in each shift are the top three factors affecting the provision of planned discharge education.

Keywords

Discharge planning, nursing care, patient discharge, surgical nursing

Thanks

We extend our gratitude and thanks to Nurse Pınar Kutlu ŞAHİNOĞLU and Nurse Bihter ÖZTERZİ for their help during data collection

Cerrahi Hemşirelerinin Planlı Taburculuk Eğitimine İlişkin Düşünce ve Tutumları ile Etkileyen Faktörler

Abstract

Taburculuk sürelerinin teknolojik gelişmelere bağlı olarak kısalması, hastaların evde geçirecekleri iyileşme süreci hakkında yeterli bilgi ile taburcu olmalarını gerektirmektedir. Sonuç olarak cerrahi hasta bakımında taburculuk planlaması ve hasta eğitimi gün geçtikçe daha da önem kazanmaktadır. Bu çalışmanın amacı, cerrahi hemşirelerinin ameliyat sonrası hastaların taburcu edilmesine ilişkin düşünce ve tutumları ile etkileyen faktörleri belirlemektir. Bu tanımlayıcı çalışmaya 192 cerrahi hemşiresi dahil edildi. Veriler, araştırmacılar tarafından hazırlanan soru formu aracılığı ile toplandı. Hemşirelerin %83.3'ünün hastalara taburculuk eğitimi verdiği; %71.9'unun bu eğitimi planlı olarak uyguladığı saptandı. Ayrıca hemşirelerin çoğu taburculuk eğitimini taburculuk sırasında planlarken, sadece %38.3'ü hasta hastaneye yattığı anda planlanlama yapmaktadır. Planlı taburculuk eğitimi genellikle hastanın yaş ve eğitim seviyesi dikkate alınarak (%79.1), hasta odasında (%93.0), sözlü olarak (%98.3) verilmektedir. Yara bakımı (%80.0), öz-bakım aktiviteleri (%79.1) ve ilaç tedavisi (73.0) ilk üç sırada yer alan eğitim konularıdır. Hemşirenin çalıştığı kurum, klinik ve her bir vardiyada bakım verilen hasta sayısı planlı taburculuk eğitimi verme durumunu etkileyen ilk üç faktördür.

Keywords

Cerrahi hemşireliği, hasta taburculuğu, taburculuk planlaması, hemşirelik bakım

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