In this essay, I will be talking about Marc, a 28 years old rugby player and a postman who was just involved in a road accident. Because of this Marc right leg had to undergo corrective surgery and had the above knee amputated. I will also state the health needs and services that might be of support to Marc or his family as an inpatient and the impact this might have on Marc, his career and his family. I will be discussing the roles of other professionals involved in his care while in the hospital and recommend a suitable model of nursing care to promote successful communication and person-centred care.
Amputation can be defined as the loss of a part or the whole limb due to disease of the vascular or trauma Dougherty & Lister 2011. Amputation …show more content…
Marc’s family can support him by getting him involved with different disability sporty and society to ensure he doesn’t become socially isolated. Educating both patient and family on what the they will be experiencing and how to handle all four stages of care that will be necessary due to Marc amputation (Dreeben 2010).it is very important for both the patient and their families to be able to ask question and for help so staff involved in the multidisciplinary team must be non-judgmental and welcoming. The multidisciplinary team is vital for successful discharge because the hospital staff should always make sure that Marc and his life are involved when setting goals as a lot of them may be long term to guarantee the best results (Watve et al 2011). Consultant will be a big part of Marc’s post-operative assessments as they will advises surgeons on level and amputation technique, they will be responsible for checking Marc’s physical and medical ability to determine what rehabilitation needs will be …show more content…
Firstly, because Marc’s amputation may have been done in an unhygienic area, in this case the corrective surgery could have been done to remove all the skin that was either infected or prone to infection. 24 hours’ post-surgery marc will be expected to experience pain after the anaesthetic has worn out. Marc will need the help of a pain nurse to keep the pain at a minimum. Pain has been described as whatever the patient experiencing the pain say it is and occurring whenever the patient says it does ‘McCaffery, M. (1968).’ This will help enable the pain nurse to measure the pain level marc is experiencing so she can give him adequate medication. Marc may experience some Phantom pain which occurs in itching sensation, pain or numbness around the area of the amputation, the discomfort comes from the area of the removed limb ‘Eloise et al (2009)’. The symptoms of phantom pain usually late 2 to 3 months after the amputation. This is because of the pain you thought you will experience before the surgery were kept as memories and kept in the back of your mind continuously sending messages to the area that the amputate limb was taken from (weeks et al 2010). The pain nurse could reduce Marc’s pain by using a biochemical method. This would be done by giving Marc an
Amputation can be defined as the loss of a part or the whole limb due to disease of the vascular or trauma Dougherty & Lister 2011. Amputation …show more content…
Marc’s family can support him by getting him involved with different disability sporty and society to ensure he doesn’t become socially isolated. Educating both patient and family on what the they will be experiencing and how to handle all four stages of care that will be necessary due to Marc amputation (Dreeben 2010).it is very important for both the patient and their families to be able to ask question and for help so staff involved in the multidisciplinary team must be non-judgmental and welcoming. The multidisciplinary team is vital for successful discharge because the hospital staff should always make sure that Marc and his life are involved when setting goals as a lot of them may be long term to guarantee the best results (Watve et al 2011). Consultant will be a big part of Marc’s post-operative assessments as they will advises surgeons on level and amputation technique, they will be responsible for checking Marc’s physical and medical ability to determine what rehabilitation needs will be …show more content…
Firstly, because Marc’s amputation may have been done in an unhygienic area, in this case the corrective surgery could have been done to remove all the skin that was either infected or prone to infection. 24 hours’ post-surgery marc will be expected to experience pain after the anaesthetic has worn out. Marc will need the help of a pain nurse to keep the pain at a minimum. Pain has been described as whatever the patient experiencing the pain say it is and occurring whenever the patient says it does ‘McCaffery, M. (1968).’ This will help enable the pain nurse to measure the pain level marc is experiencing so she can give him adequate medication. Marc may experience some Phantom pain which occurs in itching sensation, pain or numbness around the area of the amputation, the discomfort comes from the area of the removed limb ‘Eloise et al (2009)’. The symptoms of phantom pain usually late 2 to 3 months after the amputation. This is because of the pain you thought you will experience before the surgery were kept as memories and kept in the back of your mind continuously sending messages to the area that the amputate limb was taken from (weeks et al 2010). The pain nurse could reduce Marc’s pain by using a biochemical method. This would be done by giving Marc an