The experience of urostomists who do not have access to pre‐operative and post‐operative stoma care nursing intervention

In conclusion, urostomy patients experienced many physical and psychological problems after discharge which affected the patients' QOL. It is recommended that specialist stoma care nurse services are established in each hospital in Turkey to give comprehensive discharge training pre‐operatively and post‐operatively in order to prepare the patient for post‐operative recovery and adjustment to an ostomy, to continue counselling during home follow‐ups for decreasing psychologically and physically problems related to stoma and for improving patients' physical, psychological and social well‐being, and the QOL.
Source: International Journal of Urological Nursing - Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Tags: Research Paper Source Type: research