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Area of Science:

  • Orthopedic Nursing
  • Patient Recovery Protocols
  • Healthcare Quality Improvement

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  • Successful total hip replacement (THR) recovery depends on surgical technique and immediate postoperative nursing care.
  • Optimal nursing interventions are vital for managing patients during the critical recovery phase post-THR.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe nursing interventions for inpatients undergoing total hip replacement.
  • To illustrate the patterns of nursing interventions throughout the hospital stay.
  • To examine the associations between patient characteristics, nursing interventions, and complication rates.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective data analysis to identify types, frequencies, and duration of nursing interventions.
  • Descriptive statistics and graphical methods to depict daily intervention patterns.
  • Correlation analysis to explore relationships among patient variables, interventions, and outcomes.

Main Results:

  • Top initial nursing interventions included intravascular administration, care planning, orthotics management, and teaching/emotional support.
  • The rank order of interventions changed when considering both frequency and time spent.
  • Complications were significantly associated with patient age, comorbidity, illness severity, length of stay, and specific nursing interventions (p ≤ .05).

Conclusions:

  • Reviewing and describing hospital-based nursing interventions are essential for defining nursing roles and enhancing practice.
  • Nurses should integrate patient comorbidities into care planning and monitoring to mitigate complications.
  • Understanding the links between nursing interventions, comorbidities, and complications can improve patient outcomes post-THR.