Rehabilitation nursing care in the acute phase of diseases with physical disabilities: A concept analysis study

Abstract

BackgroundDespite the importance of rehabilitation nursing care in improving patient outcomes, the provision of this care in the early stages of diseases and injuries is limited. In this situation, analyzing the concept of rehabilitation nursing care can increase nurses’ understanding of this concept and improve the provision of rehabilitation nursing care in the acute phase. This study aimed to analyze the concept of rehabilitation nursing care in acute phase of diseases with physical disability.MethodWalker and Avant's approach to concept analysis was performed in eight stages, including choosing a concept, determining the purpose of analysis, identifying all uses of the concept, defining attributes, identifying a model case, identifying borderline and contrary cases, identifying antecedents and consequences, and defining empirical referents.ResultsThe important characteristics of rehabilitation nursing are comprehensive, education‐based, specialized, client and family centered, interprofessional, and need‐based. The antecedents of rehabilitation nursing care are related to nurses, the care settings and the nursing profession. The most important consequence of rehabilitation nursing care is improving the quality of life of patients. Rehabilitation nursing care also has positive outcomes for nurses and the healthcare systems.ConclusionThe findings indicate that rehabilitation nursing care has several attributes that require antecedents such as knowledge and specialized skills such as teamwork skills, effective communication skills, cultural sensitivity, holistic perspective, intuitive thinking, and reasoning. The most important consequence of rehabilitation nursing care is improving the quality of life of patients.

The clarification of the concept of colostomy nursing care in ostomy care centers: A concept analysis through Walker and Avant’s method

“…First, SCNs are on the frontline of ostomy care in OCCs and have a key role in care provision to patients with colostomy, but they do not consider themselves responsible for colostomy care due to their limited knowledge about their roles, which roots in ambiguities in the concept of CNC. [ 28 29 30 ] Second, expressions such as ostomy care, colostomy care, and ileostomy nursing are interchangeably used, while patients with each type of ostomy have unique needs and all of them need long-term care and specific attention. [ 31 ] Nonetheless, to the best of our knowledge, there is no specific concept analysis study on the concept of CNC.…”