Cesarean Section Research Paper

Safety: Providing Safety for Cesarean Section Patients
Elucia Frederique
Chamberlain College of Nursing
NR 103: Transitioning into Nursing
September 20th, 2019

Providing Safety for Cesarean Section Patients
Today cesarean sections are becoming more and more common. Cesarean sections are commonly known as C-sections, which is a surgical delivery of a baby. Full recovery after the surgery takes about six weeks, but it could take longer if safety precautions are not met before and after surgery. For example, surgical site infections can occur if safety protocol are not met by a nurse or a health care provider. Site infections or nosocomial infections make up 38% of hospital acquired infections (Kelemu etal. 2017). To purpose of this paper is to explain how nurses can ensure patient safety from site infections, disabilities or death by: getting patient consent, administer prophylactic antibiotics and educate patients post-surgery.
Importance of Patient Safety Regarding Cesarean Surgery
The very first part of ensuring patient safety is getting patient consent before surgery.
Getting patient consent gives you the “okay” to follow through with further protocols. It also gives the patient the opportunity to understand and participate in their health care decisions. Another way to ensure patient safety for a C-section is to administer prophylactic antibiotic. “The use of prophylactic antibiotics has been shown to significantly reduce post-cesarean infectious morbidity” (Kelemu etal. 2017, pp.2). Most importantly post-surgery nurses should educate patients on how to care of themselves to prevent further complications or even death in a patient due to hemorrhage. For instance, informing a patient to rest and heal before going back to daily activities is important, because during the postpartum period mortality rates are
high.
Conclusion
Ensuring patient safety as nurse or health care provider is very critical before and following cesarean sections. Safety gives the patient comfortability and understanding of the procedure and it greatly reduces nosocomial infections. In conclusion, these safeties could be met by getting patient consent, administering prophylactic antibiotics, and educating patients on their health post-surgery.

Reference
Kelemu, A. G., Amlaku, M. A., Feleke, H. A., Demissie, B. W., & Liknaw, B. Z. (2017). Surgical site infection and its associated factors following cesarean section: A cross sectional study from a public hospital in ethiopia. Patient Safety in Surgery, 11