The Nursing journal of India
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Comparative Study
Comparison of Stressors Experienced by Patients and Nurses' Perception on the Patients' Stressors Admitted in ICU.
The study sought to compare the stressors experienced by patients and nurses' perception of the patients' stressors admitted in intensive care units (ICUs) of selected hospitals of Madurai (TN). Design used in this study was descriptive-comparative study design and purposive sampling technique was employed. The sample size consisted of 80, among these 40 were staff nurses working in ICU and 40 were patients who were admitted in ICU. ⋯ The data obtained were analysed by inferential statistics and descriptive statistics. The findings revealed that mean score of stressors experienced by patients was higher than the nurses mean score. The most stressful items ranked by patients and nurses were similarforfirst three items.
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Pain assessment and its management in patients undergoing craniotomy, especially those with communication barriers, continue to present challenges to nurses. The present study was undertaken to assess the level of post-operative pain suffered by patients after craniotomy, to identify the activities that increase/relieve pain and to find out association between pain score of patients and selected variables. A self-prepared validated questionnaire and Wong Bakers Faces pain scale were used as the tools. ⋯ The study revealed that there was no significant difference between the pain perception and age or gender of the patient. The activities that increased pain were surgical dressing removal and position changing. Nursing staff should focus on assessing and managing post-operative pain to improve quality of nursing care in order to improve the comfort of craniotomy patients.