Home Care Process After Rhinoplasty Surgery

Year 2025, Volume: 7 Issue: 3, 96 - 104, 29.12.2025

Birsen Paltun , Hülya Bulut

https://doi.org/10.59124/guhes.1797148

Abstract

Home care after rhinoplasty is a critical stage in the recovery process. The effectiveness of home care is influenced by many factors such as the nature of the surgical procedure, the timing of discharge, the patient’s general condition, ongoing needs, and social support network. In the postoperative period, patients receiving adequate education play an important role both in reducing complications (for example, hospital-acquired infection) and in supporting recovery physiologically and psychologically. In this way, patients experience a more comfortable recovery process at home, and increasing their quality of life. In the home care process after rhinoplasty, nurses play a crucial role. Nurses provide patients with the necessary education before discharge, explain the points that need attention during care, and give information about possible complications. Thus, nursing care facilitates the recovery process by increasing patient safety and minimizes the risk of complications. The aim of this review is to highlight the significance of the home care process for patients who have undergone rhinoplasty and to provide a contribution to the improvement of patient care.

Keywords

Home Care , Nursing , Rhinoplasty

Ethical Statement

As this research was based solely on open-access sources, approval from an ethics committee was not required.

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