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Authors
Affiliations
1 Shri Guru Ram Dass College of Nursing, Canal Colony Road, Hoshiarpur, IN
2 College of Nursing All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, IN
Source
International Journal of Nursing Education, Vol 4, No 1 (2012), Pagination: 49-51
Abstract
Heart valve surgery is in no way unique in the respect that treatment aimed to improve patient status, may also lead to consequences which can result in the opposite. Whatever the method used, all surgical intervention in the heart valve disease will influence the patient's quality of life. This randomized control trial was undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of discharge counseling on improving the compliance and decreasing the problems of patients who have undergone mechanical heart valve replacement. Total 60 patients were studied during June- December 2008. The two groups were homogenous with regard to all demographic and clinical variables. Findings revealed that one to one discharge counseling is effective in increasing the compliance and decreasing the problems after mechanical heart valve replacement as compared to routine care. Hence a protocol should be developed regarding discharge counseling and the nursing personnel working in the cardiothoracic surgery unit need to be trained to provide discharge counseling to patients undergoing heart valve replacement.
Keywords
Heart Valve Replacement, Problems, Compliance, Discharge Counseling.
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