effect of planned patients' health teaching on enhancing wound healing and preventing post-operative wound complications

ABSTRACT

The study was conducted at the Main Alexandria University Hospital. The sample comprised 60 adult patients who had elective major abdominal surgery, to determine the effect of planned patient's health teaching on enhancing wound healing. The sample was divided equally into control and experimental groups. The experimental group received the planned health teaching. Three sheets were utilized for data collection and included demographic data sheet, sheet including items of the planned teaching and the third one was concerned with wound follow-up "t" test was used to test the significance at 1% level. The study proved that preoperative planned instructions about measures the patient should perform postoperatively could enhance wound healing and reduce postoperative complications. It was recommended that nurses must incorporate these instructions into their teaching plan for surgical patients