Nursing Process in Post Tonsillectomy Pain Diagnosis: A Systematic Review

Soleymanifard, Fateme and Khademolhoseyni, Seyyed Mohamad and Nouri, Jamile Mokhtari (2014) Nursing Process in Post Tonsillectomy Pain Diagnosis: A Systematic Review. Global Journal of Health Science, 7 (1). ISSN 1916-9736

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Abstract

Objective: Tonsillectomy is the most common surgery in the field of ENT. Pain is the most common post tonsillectomy complaint. Considering the importance of nursing cares in relieving post-surgery pain in general and post-tonsillectomy pain in particular, this study is conducted with the aim of presenting nursing process in post tonsillectomy pain diagnosis for decreasing loss of appropriate opportunities in nursing cares and achieving appropriate results in taking care of the patients.

Methods: This study is a targeted systematic review focusing on “effective nursing measures in relieving children’s post tonsillectomy pain”. The main stages of searching strategy included searching in electronic sources of Latin databases; Pub Med, Science Direct, and EMBASE and Persian databases; SID, Iran medex, ISC to find published articles from 2009 to 2014. In the end, final synthesis was done on eight articles in English.

Findings: Effective nursing measurements for relieving post tonsillectomy pain include: decreasing children’s anxiety through children and their families’ psychological preparation by nurses and other caregivers, using cold compress to reduce neck and jaw pain, presenting distraction techniques, offering fluids and cold foods immediately in the period after surgery, creating a comfortable environment for the children, avoiding too much of talking and adequate sleep.

Conclusion: It is recommended to the nursing managers and nurses to perform cares achieved from this systematic review to achieve appropriate results in relieving post tonsillectomy pain.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Apsci Archives > Medical Science
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Date Deposited: 04 May 2023 05:35
Last Modified: 29 Jan 2024 06:13
URI: http://eprints.go2submission.com/id/eprint/914

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