Exploring nurses' experiences and challenges in managing diabetic amputations: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Amputation resulting from diabetes remains a significant public health challenge in Ghana, often culminating in morbidity and mortality. Nurses are the frontline health workers that often manage these patients.

Aim

This qualitative study explores nurses' experiences and challenges in the care and management of patients undergone amputation due to diabetic complications at the Sunyani Teaching Hospital in Ghana.

Methods

Using a phenomenological approach, semistructured interviews were conducted with nurses working in diabetic and surgical units across the Sunyani Teaching Hospital (STH) between April 2024 and July 2024.

Results

This study showed that nurses face emotional burdens, resource constraints, patient‒nurse relationships, and coping mechanism

SUBMITTER: Atinga BE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12060339 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature