InnovativeTechnologyinBurnTreatment: Virtual Reality

Year 2025, Volume: 10 Issue: 2, 149 - 156, 31.08.2025

Fatma Şahin

https://doi.org/10.47115/jshs.1558085

Abstract

Virtual Realitytechnology is one of thesignificantinnovationsofferedbytechnology, which has provenitseffectiveness in healthcareapplications. Virtual reality has thepotentialto be powerfultools in healthcareapplicationsandpatientmanagement. It is knownto be safelyapplicablebybothpatientsandcaregivers. Intheburninjuryprocess, virtualreality is an effectivemethodformanagingpatients' fear, anxiety, and as a non-pharmacologicalanesthesiamethodforpainrelief. Inadditiontothisbenefits, virtualrealityaccelerateepithelialization, andsupportstheheal in process in burnpatients. Theaim of thisreview is todiscusstheimpact of virtualrealitytechnology, which has beenpresented as an importanttoolfornursesandotherhealthcareprofessionals, on thepainandpsychologicaleffects in patientswithburninjuries, based on currentliterature.

Keywords

Nursing Care , Virtual Reality , Technology , Burns

YANIK TEDAVİSİNDE YENİLİKÇİ TEKNOLOJİ: SANAL GERÇEKLİK

Abstract

Sanal gerçeklik teknolojisi, sağlık bakım uygulamalarında etkisi kanıtlanan, teknolojinin sunduğu önemli yeniliklerden biridir. Sanal gerçeklik sağlık uygulamalarında ve hasta yönetiminde güçlü araçlar olma potansiyeli vardır. Hasta ve bakım verenler tarafından güvenli bir şekilde uygulanabileceği bilinmektedir.Yanık sürecinde sanal gerçeklik; hastaların yaşadığı korku, anksiyete üzerine, ayrıca ağrının giderilmesinde farmakolojik olmayan anestezi yöntemi olarak da etkili olan bir yöntemdir. Bunların yanı sıra, sanal gerçekliğin epitelizasyonu hızlandırarak yanık hastalarında iyileşme sürecini desteklediği bilinmektedir. Bu derlemenin amacı, sağlık bakım uygulamalarında hemşireler ve diğer sağlık profesyonelleri için önemli bir teknoloji olarak kullanıma sunulan sanal gerçeklik teknolojisinin,yanık yaralanması olan hastalarda ağrı ve psikolojik etkilerinin bakım sonuçlarına yansıması güncel literatür doğrultusunda ele almaktır.

Keywords

Hemşirelik bakımı , Sanal gerçeklik , Yanık. , Teknoloji

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