Application of clinical nursing pathway to perioperative nursing care of patients with tongue cancer

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1006-7256.2014.02.001

Abstract：Objective:To investigate the effect of clinical nursing pathway in perioperative nursing care of patients with tongue cancer . Methods:38 tongue cancer patients who received oral and maxillofacial surgery in our hospital were randomly divided into the experimental group and the control group(19 cases in each group).The conventional treatment and nursing care was used in the control group and the treatment and nursing care was given to the patients according to clinical nursing pathway and the systematic rehabilitation training on tongue function was provided for the patients in the experimental group .The language,chewing,swallowing function recovery and satisfac-tion of the postoperative patients ,hospitalization time and cost were compared between the two groups .Results:The language,chewing func-tion and satisfaction of the postoperative patients were much better in the experimental group than the control group (P<0.05);the hospi-talization time and cost was significantly shorter and lower in the experimental group than the control group (P<0.05).Conclusion:The nursing intervention can significantly improve the language and masticatory function recovery in postoperative patients with tongue cancer , it can also improve the quality of life of the patients ,shorten and reduce hospitalization time and costs ,improve patient satisfaction and en-hance their health awareness .