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<bold>Aim.</bold> Presentation of selected elements of nursing care of a patient with lower limb length inequality treated with the Ilizarov method.
<bold>Material and methods.</bold> A patient after surgical placement of an external fixator is presented in this work. An individual case study method was used in this work, whereas the research techniques were: interview, nursing observations, measurements, analysis of nursing records. The research tools included e.g. a guide to collecting patient data and numeric rating scale (NRS) for pain assessment. Nursing diagnoses were made in a traditional way.
<bold>Results.</bold> The study presents nursing interventions based on EBN for 4 diagnoses, e.g.: post-operative wound pain associated with skin incision and deep tissue damage; low mood and sadness due to the perspective of long-term treatment and accompanying disability. Effective improvement of the patient’s health is achieved by implementing nursing care based on scientific evidence.
<bold>Conclusions.</bold> Important aspects of the nursing care of a patient with Ilizarov apparatus include the awareness and knowledge of nursing and clinical problems resulting from skin, soft tissue and bone damage caused by the external fixator. A small number of publications in this field is a motivator to present the topic
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Aim. Presentation of selected elements of nursing care of a patient with lower limb length inequality treated with the Ilizarov method.
Material and methods. A patient after surgical placement of an external fixator is presented in this work. An individual case study method was used in this work, whereas the research techniques were: interview, nursing observations, measurements, analysis of nursing records. The research tools included e.g. a guide to collecting patient data and numeric rating scale (NRS) for pain assessment. Nursing diagnoses were made in a traditional way.
Results. The study presents nursing interventions based on EBN for 4 diagnoses, e.g.: post-operative wound pain associated with skin incision and deep tissue damage; low mood and sadness due to the perspective of long-term treatment and accompanying disability. Effective improvement of the patient’s health is achieved by implementing nursing care based on scientific evidence.
Conclusions. Important aspects of the nursing care of a patient with Ilizarov apparatus include the awareness and knowledge of nursing and clinical problems resulting from skin, soft tissue and bone damage caused by the external fixator. A small number of publications in this field is a motivator to present the topic

Evidence-based nursing care of a patient treated with the Ilizarov method for lower limb length inequality

Pielegniarstwo  XXI wieku / Nursing in the 21st Century

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Aim. Presentation of selected elements of nursing care of a patient with lower limb length inequality treated with the Ilizarov method.
Material and methods. A...

Evidence-based nursing care of a patient treated with the Ilizarov method for lower limb length inequality

Published Online: May 30, 2023

Page range: 214 - 220

Received: Nov 23, 2022

Accepted: Feb 26, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pielxxiw-2023-0014

Keywords
nursing care, limb length inequality, Ilizarov apparatus

© 2023 Małgorzata Moskal-Szybka et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Evidence-based nursing care of a patient treated with the Ilizarov method for lower limb length inequality

Published Online: May 30, 2023

Page range: 214 - 220

Received: Nov 23, 2022

Accepted: Feb 26, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pielxxiw-2023-0014

Keywordsnursing care, limb length inequality, Ilizarov apparatus

© 2023 Małgorzata Moskal-Szybka et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
nursing care, limb length inequality, Ilizarov apparatus