Effects of strengthening night professional nursing in patients undergoing open fracture surgery of lower extremities
10.3760/cma.j.cn115682-20220510-02269
- VernacularTitle:强化夜间专业护理在下肢开放骨折手术患者中的应用
- Author:
Liyuan HOU
1
;
Rongli ZHANG
;
Xiuting LI
;
Na LIU
Author Information
1. 河北医科大学第三医院创伤骨一科护理部，石家庄 050051
- Keywords:
Fractures, bone;
Open fractures of lower extremities;
Night professional nursing
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2023;29(12):1653-1655
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To explore the effects of strengthening night professional nursing of patients with open fractures of the lower extremities.Methods:From January 2019 to June 2020, convenience sampling was used to select 397 patients with open fractures of the lower extremities from the First Orthopedic Trauma, the Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University. Patients were randomly assigned to a control group and an observation group, respectively, to receive general nursing (control group) and strengthening night professional nursing (observation group). The control group was equipped with a regular number of nurses. In the observation group, an additional night nurse was assigned for patients undergoing surgery for open fractures of the lower extremities. The nighttime period was from 18∶00 to 8∶00 the next day. The night nurse arranged compensatory time off for the rest of the time or performance rewards. The hospital stay, hospitalization expenses, incidence of complications during hospitalization and half a year after surgery of the two groups were compared.Results:In the control group, there were 196 patients with open fractures of the lower extremities, and 46 patients underwent night surgery. In the observation group, there were 201 patients with open fractures of the lower extremities, and 40 patients underwent night surgery. There were no statistically significant differences between two groups in terms of surgical time, incidence of complications during hospitalization and half a year after surgery ( P>0.05). The hospital stay in the observation group was shorter than that in the control group, and the hospitalization expense was lower than that in the control group, with statistically significant differences ( P<0.05) . Conclusions:Strengthening night professional nursing can help shorten the hospital stay of patients undergoing surgery for open fractures of the lower extremities and reduce medical expenses.
