Madridge Journal of Nursing

ISSN: 2638-1605

International Nursing Conference
December 5-7, 2016 | Dubai, UAE

Nursing care after cochlear implant surgery

Mina Moradi1 and Masoud Fallahi Khoshknab2

1Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran

DOI: 10.18689/2638-1605.a1.002

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Introduction: Cochlear implant as a surgeon for the treatment of severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss is considered, And have major and minor complications, and not only children but also their parents are involved, Role of nurses in maintaining of community health, is a privileged role. nurses not only in hospitals but with other members of rehabilitation teams with an emphasis on the principle of cooperation, A continuum of rehabilitation care and support for children and adults patients provide, for improve the capabilities, achieve independence, reintegration individual to society, in general improve the quality of life people of the community. In this study, nursing care after Cochlear implant surgery be reviewed.

Methods: In this study, we review related literature, with English key words: nursing care, cochlearimplant nursing, in data bases of pub med, web of science, scopus and googlescholar Finally, about 14 related articles was evaluated and results were extracted.

Results: Nursing care includes nursing care immediately after surgery and in the hospital, routine postoperative care and special education after the operation, including: education about drugs, Activity, Nutrition, Limitation of post-operative, Attention to the vaccination, dangerous warning signs, major and minor symptoms in children as well as the symptoms of otitis media, meningitis in them and investigation health-related issues.

Conclusion: The nurses can play a key role in improving the treatment of children after cochlear implant surgery. But, the role of nurses in the team of rehabilitation of cochlear implant patients is not clear.

Biography:
I have completed my bachelors from Zanjan University of medical sciences with title of top student and I completed my master of Science in medical surgical nursing in Tehran University of medical sciences, I am PhD student in University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. I worked as faculty member at Zanjan University of medical sciences about 3 years 2011-2013, and now I works as faculty member of Department of Nursing, Tehran Medical sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.