Nursing care of Patient with Laminectomy at Nakhonphanom Hospital : Case study

Abstract

The study is about 2 laminectomy patients aiming at nursing care and preventing complications after the surgery. In this study I apply the bio-psycho-social nursing process including problem evaluation nursing diagnosis and plans nursing management and evaluation relating to the patient,s problems and needs. The first case was diagnosed as lumbar spinal stenosis at L4-L5 level. And the other case was diagnosed as lumbosacral stenosis L4-L5 and L5-S1 levels with hypertension. The result is when the nursing process and experienced laminectomy nursing care were applied to the laminectomy cases the survival rate was increased without disability. The patients and their families can adapt their lives to the illness effectively evaluated by the patient,s pain and numbness were decreased the patients seemed to understand the disease and management and eventually they were rapidly discharged and lived their normal lives with their families.