Nursing for Hip Surgery Convalescents

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This paper reviews the unhappy situation of people who are recovering from invasive remedial hip surgery and how smart nursing practices can optimize their period of convalescence. The paper begins first by highlighting the risk factors which aggravate the likelihood of one suffering falls post-operation. It also looks at three critical intellectual concepts that nurses must have if they are to be empathic, sensitive, smart, progressive and innovative guides leading patients towards full recovery. In the final analysis, open-minded and creative thinking coupled with an unswerving commitment to answers is the only way to be a genuinely professional nurse in these circumstances.

Outline:
Critical Thinking Concept One: Intellectual Empathy
Critical Thinking Concept Two: Intellectual Integrity
Critical Thinking Concept Three: Intellectual Perseverance

From the Paper:

"Intellectual perseverance is the third and final of the three critical thinking concepts, but it could be argued that it is the most important of all of them; at the very least, it is indispensable in the acquisition of new knowledge (Carter, 1990). Simply put, without a willingness to confront the frustration and even disorientation that always seems to accompany intellectual exploration, a care-giver who is trying to facilitate the recovery of a post-operative individual with hip complications will find himself or herself shying away from a whole-hearted commitment to learning the truth about new nursing practices. For geriatric patients who depend upon their care-givers in a way that a younger patient does not, this can be especially difficult inasmuch as hip fractures brought about by falling can exact a physical and physiological toll that can be lethal."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Carter, Richard. (1990). Critical and reflective thinking: A philosophical perspective. In Lorna Idol and Beau Fly Jones (eds.), Dimensions of Thinking and Cognitive Instruction. Hilsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
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• Scheffer, B.K. (2000). A consensus statement on critical thinking in nursing. The Journal of Nursing Education, 39(8): 352-359.

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