SEÇGİNLİ, Selda İstanbul Üniversitesi - Florence Nightingale Hemşirelik Fakültesi - Halk Sağlığı Hemşireliği AD, Turkey , ÇAĞALTAY KAYAOĞLU, Sevgi İstanbul Üniversitesi - Florence Nightingale Hemşirelik Fakültesi - Halk Sağlığı Hemşireliği AD, Turkey , ERDOĞAN, Semra İstanbul Üniversitesi - Florence Nightingale Hemşirelik Fakültesi - Halk Sağlığı Hemşireliği AD, Turkey

Using the Omaha System in Management of the Tuberculosis Treatment with Directly Observed Therapy

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Objective: In this study, it is aimed to define the health problems and nursing interventions, to evaluate the intervention outcomes within the context of Omaha System in a group of tuberculosis patients who are taking directly observed therapy, and to test the usability of the Omaha System in this area. Method: This descriptive study was carried out in a education-research hospital in Istanbul. Thirty inpatients who were taking directly observed therapy were recruited on a voluntary basis. Data was collected via forms based on Omaha System, recorded into Nightingale Notes software which was developed based on Omaha System electronically. Data were queried from Nightingale Notes and imported into a statistical program, descriptive and inferential analyses were accomplished.Result: Eleven problems which were in physiological (80%), health related behavior (12%), and psychosocial (8%) domains in the Omaha System problem list were assessed in the study. The most frequently documented Omaha problems were Communicable/ infectious condition (for 61% of clients), Social contact (6%), Nutrition (6%), Respiration (5%), and Circulation (4%). The interventions were frequently in Teaching, guidance, and counseling (44%) and Surveillance (%33) categories. Significant differences were found in initial and final ratings of thedefined problems in knowledge, behaviour and status levels (p 0.05). Conclusion: The study guided the nurses who are working with patients taking directly observed therapy in tuberculosis treatment about using the Omaha System and the software based on the system in defining health problems and care needs, evaluating the care given, documenting the nursing interventions, and managing the nursing care electronically.

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Informatics , directly observed therapy , nursing , Omaha System , tuberculous

Journal Of Anatolia Nursing an‎d Health Sciences

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