🏥 Post-Operative Nursing Care in Tamil Nadu
✅ 1. Definition:
Post-operative nursing care is specialized care provided to patients after surgery to support their recovery, healing, and comfort. This care can be offered at home or in a clinical setting by trained nurses, especially in the critical first few days or weeks post-surgery.
🎯 2. Objective:
- To monitor the patient’s condition after surgery
- To prevent post-surgical complications (infections, clotting, etc.)
- To manage pain, wound care, and medication
- To help the patient regain mobility and independence
- To reduce hospital stay and promote faster healing at home
🩺 3. Key Services Provided:
By Qualified Nurses (ANM/GNM/BSc):
- Wound dressing and incision care
- Medication administration (oral, IV, or injection)
- Vital sign monitoring (BP, temperature, pulse, oxygen)
- Drain or catheter care
- Pain management
- Feeding and hydration support
- Assistance with mobility or physiotherapy
- Support with personal hygiene and toileting
💎 4. Advantages:
- ✅ Recover in Comfort: No need for extended hospital stay
- ✅ Personalized Care: 1-on-1 attention ensures better recovery
- ✅ Infection Control: Safer from hospital-acquired infections
- ✅ Affordable: Reduces hospitalization costs
- ✅ Support for Family: Eases the burden of caregiving
- ✅ Continuity of Care: Nurses communicate updates to doctors regularly