EVALUATION OF OPERATION TIMES IN THE BURN CENTER OPERATING ROOM AND THE IMPORTANCE OF SURGICAL NURSING WITH ITS VERSATILE CONTRIBUTION TO TREATMENT; AN OBSERVATIONAL RETROSPECTIVE STUDY

Authors : Zeynep IRMAK KAYA, Çağlar BİLGİN, Mustafa TERCAN, Tayfun BİLGİÇ

Pages : 65-69

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Publication Date : 2022-10-14

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :ABSTRACT Operating room nurses take an active and complementary role in the entrance to the operating room, surgical intervention and post-surgical procedures. In our study, it was aimed to emphasize the importance of burn nurses in the burn operating room and the contribution of burn nurses to the process by evaluating the operation times. The operations performed in the burn operating room between 01.11.2020 and 01.11.2021 were examined. The durations of the procedures performed before, during and after the surgery were evaluated. The mean duration of 432 operations was 66 minutes. It was determined that in 9.72% insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(N=42); of the operations, debridement was applied to the intubated patients in the hydrotherapy room before the operation, and the debridement time was 16 minutes on average. The average postoperative dressing time of all surgeries was 21 minutes, and it was determined that the operating room nurses played an active role in this process. Since burn center operating room nursing will be studied in more than one area, care and attention will undoubtedly play an active role in infection control and treatment success. In this study, it was observed that the burn operating room nurses contributed positively to the success of the patient`s treatment in many areas, from the preparation of the operation in a burn center.
Keywords : burn center, operating room nursing, operating time