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Aim: To manage and document the nursingcare process related to Surgical Site Infection and control in colorectalcancer patient using the Turkish-Nightingale Notes (T-NN) program and test theusability of the program.
Method: The sample of the study consistedof 30 patients who underwent colorectal surgery in a university hospitalbetween 1 March and 31 October 2015. All nursing care data provided at hospitaland during discharge are coded into the NN program based on the Omaha System.Analyzes were performed using descriptive statistical tests in the SPSS 22program.
Results: The 56.7% of patients were womenand 43.3% were men. Four patients in thirty were diagnosed by surgical siteinfection (13.3%). The nine nursing problems were chosen from the T-NN programwere 51.1% “Skin”, 13,2% “Communicable/infectious Condition”, 9.4% “Nutrition” and 0.2% “Sexuality”. In the solution of theproblems, “Teaching Guidance, and Counseling; Treatments and Procedures; CaseManagement and Surveillance initiatives were used. Nursing care/ patientoutcomes were assessed at the level of “Knowledge”, “Behavior” and “Status”.Significant improvement was observed at the level of “Knowledge” and “Behavior”in the patients who underwent surgery for potential problems at all levels in patientswho developed Surgical Site Infection (CAE) (p<0.001).
Conclusion: Turkish-Nightingale Notes(T-NN) program was sufficient to describe the nursing care process for CAE incolorectal surgery patients. T-NN program could be used by infection control nurses.It was suggested that the program be used in different units and with differentproblems and samples. These efforts can provide the opportunity to use commonlanguage in nursing, to base evidence of nursing practices and to reveal thevalue of nursing care.
Cite this article as: Karahan, A. ve Erdoğan, S. (2019). Reporting of nursing care preventing surgical site infection in colorectal cancer patients with Omaha System. FNJN Florence Nightingale Journal of Nursing, 27(1), 38-47.