Effectiveness of planned nursing intervention on knowledge and practice of selected aspects of care provided by caregiver of children with colostomy admitted in hospitals of Mumbai

Abstract

This is inevitable that every child needs guidance from parents during growth; however, those children with colostomy require longer hours of attention and thus parents tend to take help form caregivers. Colostomy surgery will require trained medical intervention at nursing home requiring intensive nursing care to be adopted by parents and caregivers at home. Caregivers will not be able to give nursing care similar to trained nurses, and there are a number of lacuna and higher degree of post-operative return to the hospital because of improper care to colostomy children. This study evaluated the reduction in post-operative hospital returns by planned nursing intervention to caregivers. Caregivers were given health teaching and the efficiency of the caregivers was evaluated for the colostomy child before and after planned nursing intervention using questionnaires and tests or quizzes. The various criteria chosen for planned nursing intervention are knowledge on colostomy childcare like meaning, symptoms of colostomy, stoma and skin care, diet modification, prevention of infections, complications, and follow-up care that improved in post-assessment. Results showed health teaching to caregiver of colostomy patients had significant impact on childcare.