[Nursing care for intraoperative positioning injuries].
Few discussions have been published on appropriate surgery positioning. Ensuring the patient is in an appropriate pendulum position allows for optimal surgery scope exposition, puts the anesthetist in the closest proximity to the patient to monitor respiratory ventilation, helps maintain patient physiology security, and prevents surgical injury. A poor surgery pendulum position can result in patient injury. In the short-term, such injuries may cause neurotrosis, while over the long-term they may induce deep tissue pressure sores. This article discusses pendulum position injuries during surgery and provides suggestions for proper nursing care of patients undergoing surgical procedures. Clinical nursing staffs may reference this article to enhance patient care during and after surgery.
Department of Nursing, St. Mary's Medicine Nursing and Management College, Tzu Chi University, Yilan County, Taiwan, ROC.
Chia-Wen
CW
Shih
Hui-Min
HM
Lo
D006801:Humans; D056888:Patient Positioning / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013527:Perioperative Nursing; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000517:prevention & control