Keziaevangelin, D (2016) A study to assess the effectiveness of bubble gum chewing in early return of bowel movements among patients underwent specific abdominal surgeries at Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, Chennai -03. Masters thesis, College of Nursing, Madras Medical College, Chennai.
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Abstract
Post operative nursing is the important and challenging branch of clinical nursing. Especially caring of patients underwent major abdominal surgeries is critical for post operative nurses. This role allows nurses to contribute quality improvement in health care around the clock. Need for the study : Delayed return of bowel movements is a transient impairment of bowel motility that occurs in approximately 90% of patients who undergo major abdominal surgery. Clinically, bowel discomfort is characterized by pain, abdominal distension, nausea, vomiting, stomach cramps, accumulation of gas or fluids in the bowel, absence of bowel sounds, flatus and bowel movements. Interestingly, the use of chewing bubble gum has emerged as a new, novel and simple strategy for preventing bowel discomfort. Objectives 1) To assess the demographic variables among patients underwent specific abdominal surgeries. 2) To assess the effectiveness of bubble gum chewing in early return of bowel movements among experimental group. 3) To compare the return of bowel movements between the experimental group and control group. 4) To determine the association between the return of bowel movements with selected demographic variables. Chewing bubble gum after specific abdominal surgery is a effective method to reduce the bowel discomforts. It is simple, effective and less expensive physiologic measure for promoting bowel function. After a large scale study the results can be implemented.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | bowel motility ; bubble gum ; distension; flatus. |
| Subjects: | NURSING > Medical Surgical Nursing |
| Depositing User: | Ramakrishnan J |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Jun 2017 07:52 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Feb 2018 08:59 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/165 |
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