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1Department of Nursing Services, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria.
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Paediatric surgical nursing requires specialized care for children aged 0-15 facing surgical issues. Effective nursing interventions, including assessment and post-operative support, are crucial for improving patient outcomes.
Area of Science:
- Nursing
- Pediatrics
- Surgical Care
Background:
- Pediatric surgical nursing involves caring for children (0-15 years) with surgical conditions.
- Children present unique social, psychological, emotional, and physical responses to illness.
- Their inability to provide complete medical history complicates assessment and management.
Purpose of the Study:
- To highlight essential components of pediatric surgical nursing.
- To emphasize the importance of skilled nursing in improving patient outcomes.
Main Methods:
- The paper discusses key nursing interventions for pediatric surgical patients.
- Focus areas include history taking, admission assessment, vital sign monitoring, and fluid management.
- Prevention of wound infection, drug compliance, post-operative care, counseling, and health education are also addressed.
Main Results:
- Skilled nursing care is indispensable for pediatric surgical patients.
- Comprehensive nursing interventions contribute to better patient outcomes.
Conclusions:
- Effective pediatric surgical nursing necessitates a holistic approach.
- Addressing patient and parent knowledge deficits and ensuring compliance are vital.
Abstract:
Paediatric surgical nursing is the nursing care of children of age 0-15 years who present with surgical problems. The nursing care of children is quite challenging in view of their peculiarities in social, psychological, emotional and physical reaction and response to illness and sometimes their inability to give necessary history and clue to assist in evaluating and management of their health problems. This paper intends to address the importance of history taking, assessment of the patient on admission, monitoring of vital signs, management of knowledge deficit in patient and parents, care of intravenous fluids/oral fluids and preventing of wound infection. The need to achieve drug compliance, post-operative care, counselling, and health education were also discussed. Skilful nursing care is considered indispensable tools in improving outcome of paediatric surgical patients.
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