Effectiveness Of Nursing Care Package On Mild Phlebitis Among The Children Admitted In Paediatric Unit Of Selected Hospitals Of The City.

Abstract

Introduction : Phlebitis is a frequent problem in paediatric patients having endogenous treatment, susceptible to prevention using the implementation of control measures and a program of continuous vigilance. Superficial Thrombophlebitis is usually an easily diagnosed condition, it may be an iatrogenic, resulting from intravenous catheter or infusion of solutions. A recent systemic review on PIVC failure and complications in children estimated the overall pooled incidence of catheter failure to be 38% and the total incidence of phlebitis to be 5%. In Maharashtra, according to a study conducted in the Hospital, where the incidence rate of phlebitis related to peripheral intravenous catheters was found to be 6.3%. From the above information, the researcher has realized that there is a high prevalence of phlebitis among children with intravenous therapy. Hence for the purpose of relieving phlebitis, there is a management with the nursing care package including aloe vera gel, limb elevation & cold compress. This package is very feasible and less expensive.

RESULT: It showed that there was a significant difference in pre and post-test score of phlebitis among patients in Experimental group and proves that Nursing care package application was effective in minimizing phlebitis. Hence H1 accepted. This improvement was strongly supported by statistical analysis, including a marked reduction of phlebitis score in post-test alongside the rejection of the null hypothesis through paired t-test analysis.

CONCLUSION

Hence the study concluded that the Nursing care package is effective in reducing phlebitis among children admitted in paediatric unit of selected hospitals of the city, which is denoted by significant reduction in score of phlebitis.