Nursing Care and Parents Contribution in the Care of their Childern with Hypospadias

• Main Authors: Marianna Orfanidou, Dimitra Zioga, Maria Tsiligiri
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Professor Despina Sapountzi-Krepia 2010-01-01
• Series: International Journal of Caring Sciences
• Subjects: Urinary system; surgery; paediatric nursing; catheter; treatment; home dressing removal
• Online Access: http://internationaljournalofcaringsciences.org/docs/Vol3_Issue3_04_Tsiligiri.pdf

The term hypospadias is derived from the Greek language and refers to the pathological condition of urethra, which the vestibule, by the time of embryology is imperfect. Approximately 1 to 300 male births appear this problem. The aim of this study is the best quality of nursing management. It is proved that the child recover earlier when the parents involved in care, so it is important to explain the procedure, educate parents about the care after leaving the hospital and to make sure that there are no questions unanswered. The new techniques, the nursing management and the parents’ contribution in care promote to reduce hypospadias hospitalization and so, the less suffering.