Patient’s experience of having an underwater seal chest drain: a replication study

TY - JOUR

T1 - Patient’s experience of having an underwater seal chest drain: a replication study

AU - Fox, Valerie Catherine

AU - Gould, Dinah

AU - Davies, N.

AU - Owen, Suzanne

PY - 1999/11

Y1 - 1999/11

N2 - • The nursing management of patients who have a chest drain in situ has received little attention.• The findings of a single small-scale study previously indicated that such patients’ needs for information are not always fully met and pain control is inadequate.• This small-scale study was replicated to produce broadly similar findings in a second hospital 2 years later.• Despite some differences in the approach to management it was apparent that patients were still not well prepared pre-operatively and there was scope for improving pain control.• All the patients reported considerable discomfort and pain of moderate to severe intensity. The type of pain described is typical of deep somatic/visceral pain.

AB - • The nursing management of patients who have a chest drain in situ has received little attention.• The findings of a single small-scale study previously indicated that such patients’ needs for information are not always fully met and pain control is inadequate.• This small-scale study was replicated to produce broadly similar findings in a second hospital 2 years later.• Despite some differences in the approach to management it was apparent that patients were still not well prepared pre-operatively and there was scope for improving pain control.• All the patients reported considerable discomfort and pain of moderate to severe intensity. The type of pain described is typical of deep somatic/visceral pain.

U2 - 10.1046/j.1365-2702.1999.00307.x

DO - 10.1046/j.1365-2702.1999.00307.x

M3 - Article

SN - 0962-1067

VL - 8

SP - 684

EP - 692

JO - Journal of Clinical Nursing

JF - Journal of Clinical Nursing

IS - 6

ER -