Continuous nursing needs at discharge among geriatric hip fracture patients with hip arthroplasty: a qualitative research

Objective To explore the continuous nursing needs at discharge among geriatric hip fracture patients with hip arthroplasty. Methods From January to March 2019, this study selected 15 geriatric hip fracture patients with hip arthroplasty by purposive sampling. Semi-structured interview was carried out for those patients at discharge. Colaizzi 7-step analysis was used to data analysis to understand the needs. Results By analyzing, marshaling and extracting, there were three themes concerned by postoperative patients. Those themes included the needs for health education, improving unhealthy psychology and health services. Conclusions Hip fracture patients with hip arthroplasty have many burdens and needs for physiology, psychology and society. Nurses should pay more attention to those patients, and provide targeted intervention as well as thorough health education for discharged patients to improve their self-care abilities. Key words: Aged; Hip fractures; Arthroplasty, replacement, hip; Continuous nursing; Need; Qualitative research