The Development of Post Anesthetic Care Model In The Post Anesthetic Care Unit

Abstract

Background: Postanesthesia care for patients within the recovery room is critical for their health from nurses who have the abilities to complications assessment that occur and provide accurate nursing care according to standards, quality, and safety.
Objectives: The study post-anesthesia care issues within recovery room, Development a model, and Evaluate the effectiveness of the post-anesthesia care model in the recovery room of Buriram Hospital.
Method: This study is action research with a sample group of 30 nurse anesthetists and 30 hip fracture surgery patients from July 24th to December 31th of 2023. The research is composed of four phases: 1) Planning 2) Acting 3) Observing and 4) Reflection. Research Data is collected from general information questionnaires, post-anesthesia care issues, work performance, and pre-post-anesthesia care. The collected data will be using content analysis and descriptive statistics such as percentage, mean, standard deviation, and Wilcoxon signed ranks test to cover both quality and quantity aspects.
Results: The issues include 1) the recovery room is cramped, with a high number of patients, limited nursing staff, restrictive vital sign sheet, delays, incomplete information transfer, and inability to return patient to the ward in time; 2) the post-anesthesia care provided in the recovery room meets professional standards and is consistently applied; 3) the level of practice and opinions of anesthetic nurses after implementing the post-operative care model in the recovery room is significantly higher than the level of practice before implementing the model at the score of 0.05 significance
Conclusion: The developed model can serve as a guideline for post-anesthesia care in recovery rooms, ensuring standards, convenience, speed, and reducing complications.