Tag: Surgery

Discharge Analgesia After Surgery; Responsive and Responsible Prescribing in the Era of an Opioid ‘Crisis’
23rd Dec 2020
Introduction: The current worldwide opioid ‘crisis’ has been well described. Deaths from opioid misuse are now the number one cause of unintentional deaths in the US(1). ...

Post Surgery Care for Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
14th Dec 2020
Introduction: Although different surgical procedures require specific and specialist nursing care, the principles of post-operative care remain the same....

The Prevalence of Anastomotic Stenosis Post Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Surgery: Efficacy of Medical Nutrition Therapy
4th Dec 2020
Introduction: Bariatric surgery has grown in popularity coinciding with a steady increase of obese individuals. Globally obesity has nearly tripled since 1975....

Procedures and Patient Care in Outpatient Surgery Centres
3rd Dec 2020
Introduction: Outpatient Surgery Center is also known as Ambulatory Surgery Center. An outpatient surgery center is where people of all ages go to have surgical procedures and then released to their homes....

Carotid Artery Stenosis: Surgery or Stent?
20th Aug 2020
Introduction: Carotid artery stenosis is one of the most common causes of ischemic stroke (CVA) and transient ischemic attacks (TIA).1 The incidence of stroke becomes considerably increased with the extent of artery stenosis...

Factors before Surgery on Geriatric Patients
9th Jun 2020
Introduction: Introduction In this paper, I would like to discuss regarding the case of eighty years old Mrs. Grace. She was received in the Emergency Department (ED) at 5:30 p.m. with intense pain from fall. I wil...

Teaching Plan for Patient Recovering from Surgery
25th May 2020
Introduction: The primary focus of this paper is to create, implement, and review a teaching plan to be provided to a patient who has recently undergone surgery and subsequently entered the recovery phase. The pati...

Case Series for Same-Day Discharge for Minimally Invasive Surgery for Enometrial Cancer
14th May 2020
Introduction: Abstract Study Objective: Goal of this study is to present a cases series endorsing same-day discharge after minimally invasive robotic surgery for endometrial cancer and to determine factors that aff...

Case Study Of Surgery Preparation Of Patient Jane Nursing Essay
13th Feb 2020
Introduction: Jane was instructed nil by mouth from fluid and food. Fasting is important and to prevent pulmonary aspiration of stomach contents during anesthesia (Crisp & Taylor 2009, p. 1437). A fluid balanc...

Elderly Patient Surgery Case Study
12th Feb 2020
Introduction: Every nurse has the responsibility to safeguard their patients from harm and the NMC (2009a, p.14), states that “it is every adult’s right to live in safety and be free from fear and abuse...

How nurses support the emotional impact of reconstructive surgery
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Question How can breast care nurses support the women experiencing the emotional impact of reconstructive surgery after breast cancer treatment? Answer In a recent article (The Times, 2016a), televisi...

How can breast care nurses support the women experiencing the emotional impact of reconstructive surgery after breast cancer treatment?
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Question How can breast care nurses support the women experiencing the emotional impact of reconstructive surgery after breast cancer treatment? Answer In a recent article (The Times, 2016a), televisi...

Nursing A Patient Receiving Ostomy Surgery Nursing Essay
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Various gastrointestinal and genitourinary etiologies may need the creation of urinary or fecal diversion. These may include inflammatory bowel disease, diverticular disease, intestinal obstruction, c...

Pain In Cardiothoracic Surgery Numerical Rating For Pain Nursing Essay
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Pain is frequently experienced post-operatively, after cardiothoracic surgery, and is thus a core component of nursing practice (Kalso, Perttunen, and Kaasinen, 2002). This assignment introduces the ...

An Overview Of Ambulatory Surgery Centers Nursing Essay
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: An ambulatory surgery center is indication to the surgery that conducted without the need for overnight hospital stay. This term also recognized as outpatient surgery or same day surgery. This surgery...

Wound Infection post total knee replacement surgery
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Nursing practice is the actual provision of nursing care. In providing care, nurses are implementing the nursing care plan which is based on the client’s initial assessment. This is based around...

Plastic Surgery Teenagers
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Plastic surgery among teenagers- Is it worth the risk? Introduction The word plastic origins from Greek plastikos, which means “to mold” or “to give form”. Plastic surgery is a special type ...

Surgical Nurses Perceptions Patients Needs Post Stoma Surgery Nursing Essay
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: The aim of the study was to explore surgical nurses’ perceptions of patients’ needs post-stoma surgery. A descriptive and non-experimental, cross-sectional design was used in the study. T...

Discussion Of Management For Hip Replacement Surgery Patients Nursing Essay
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: According to the Scottish Arthroplasty Project’s annual report (2009), 6312 total hip replacement operations were carried out in 2007/08. (Scottish Arthroplasty Project, 2009). This essay will d...

Patient Safety In Surgery
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: The purpose of this assignment is to conduct a literature review on a chosen topic which is a healthcare/nursing intervention related to a chosen clinical setting. A rationale will be given on why the...

Abdominal Hysterectomy Surgery Patient
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Around 40,000 elective hysterectomies take place each year, mostly on women aged between forty and fifty years old (NHS 2010). Hysterectomy has a profound effect on a women’s health because of t...

Care for Post Elective Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Assessment for the care of patient with respiratory problem following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft 3 vessels disease and Mitral Valve Repair Introduction This essay examines a case study of a male p...

Creating a Workflow Chart: Improvement of Preoperative Check-In Process for Surgery
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Creating a Workflow Chart: Improvement of Preoperative Check-In Process for Surgery Introduction Efficiency within an organization depends upon the processes they develop and u...

Effect of an ERAS protocol and laparoscopic surgery on patient safety
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Evidence Based Practice and Applied Nursing Research Evidence Table A1.QuantitativeArticle:  Zhu, Y., Xiang, J., Liu, W., Cao, Q., & Zhou, W. (201...

Critical Review of Infection Control Precautions for Patients after Elective Surgery
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: 1.0-       Terms of Reference The aim of this report is to debate the effectiveness of interprofessional standards of infection control precaution for pat...