BOWEL RESECTION SURGERY

The Role of the Theatre Nurse in Limiting Infection for a Bowel Resection Surgery



The Role of the Theatre Nurse in Limiting Infection for a Bowel Resection Surgery

Introduction

Bowel Resection is the surgical removal of a segment of bowel and suturing of the two remaining ends of bowel. It led by a bowel resection such as tumours, lesions, constrictions or massive inflammation of the intestine.

Nurses play an important role in limiting infection for a bowel resection surgery. It is the responsibility of nurses to provide patients with proper medications. After bowel resection surgery, patients often suffer from pain and infection. In order to control pain and prevent infection, nurses provide patients with proper medications and drugs (Delaney 2003, p. 67).

The role of nurses in the bowel resection surgery is critical. The role of theatre nurse is to determine the anaesthesiologist whether further tests are needed. The Theatre Nurse will review the medications of the patient. The nurse monitors and regulates breathing exercises and coughing, as well as the pain relief.

The responsibility of the nurse also includes regulating the exercise of patients. The focus of exercise after the bowel resection surgery includes promoting blood circulation in the patient (Kaufman 2002, p. 503).

Discussion

The bowel resection typically performed through an incision in the abdomen. This cut depends on the bowel infested section in the middle or the right or left side of the abdomen, and is as long as required for the operation straight. Since more than occasionally, intestinal shares must be removed, but the operation expanded, the section is increased accordingly (Robert 2006). The conventional surgical method, however, has not only disadvantages. It is the method that is most widely used and, therefore, provides the appropriate security.

Blood tests and urine, and sometimes a chest x-ray and electrocardiogram, may be made. The role of theatre nurse is to determine the anaesthesiologist whether further tests are needed. The Theatre Nurse will review the medications you take home and explain how the day will take place of your surgery (Peter 2006). It also tells you to do the exercises for the legs and ankles, deep breathing exercises and coughing, as well as the pain relief. The Theatre Nurse will discuss patient discharge plan. If you anticipate needing help at home after your surgery, you should take arrangements prior to admission to hospital.

The organs are easily accessible, and any possible, intra-operative problems can be quickly mastered. Especially in operations for colon cancer, is the method most hospitals in the method of choice because of the abdominal cavity very precisely, by gating, can be study and because the results were good in colorectal cancer surgery so far achieved in this way. In recent years, the laparoscopic bowel resection has developed (O'Brien 2002, p. 25). Here, the abdomen is filled with a non-toxic gas and instruments and a camera are inserted through small incisions in the abdomen. Under the view, of the camera and monitor, the intestine by means of the measures being solved and ...