The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the surgical nurses’ perceptions
about the management of post-operative pain and strategies employed in management
of pain in patients who have undergone total hip or knee replacement surgery in King
Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Qualitative, exploratory-descriptive research design was applied. Purposive nonprobability
sampling was used and data collected by means of audio-recorded semistructured
individual interviews. Data saturation was reached after interviewing twenty
surgical nurses. Themes and categories emerged from adopting Creswell’s (2013) “data
analysis spiral”.
One of the key findings was that patients reportedly experience moderate to severe pain
during the first three days after surgery, before it is controlled on mild to moderate levels
or before the patient is pain free. Conclusions were drawn, and one of the major ones
was that multimodal strategies are employed by the surgical to manage post-operative
pain. Recommendations were also made from findings of this study, and one key
recommendation was that expatriate nurses to have access to Arabic speakers to
overcome language barriers. / Health Studies / M.A. (Health Studies)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/20071 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Kolobe, Litaba Efraim |
| Contributors | Oosthuizen, Anne-Mart |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | 1 online resource (xi, 145 leaves) : illustrations |
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