A study to assess the effectiveness of Nurse Driven Enhanced Recovery after surgery Programme(ERAS)on quality of recovery,patient satisfaction and hospital stay of patients undergoing Renal Transplant at AIIMS,New Delhi

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery protocol is a multimodal, multidisciplinary approach to the care of the patients after surgery. The key elements of ERAS protocols include preoperative counselling, optimization of nutrition, standardized analgesic and anesthetic regimens and early mobilization. Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols has been in trend from last few years in  many different surgical specialties due to their benefits related to the significant reduction in length of hospital stay and increasing patient satisfaction and also reduce the post operative complications. Nurses are the health professionals who spend the most time with patients throughout the perioperative  and postoperative time.  Increasing nurses involvement in ERAS and Continual training of nurses for ERAS  is becoming more importsnt in care of patients after surgery.

Renal transplant are more prone to post operative complications  like pain, nausea, vomiting. Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) program facilitate early mobility and recovery  and shorten the length of hospital stay  of renal transplant patients . ERAS represents a new way of thinking about how we care for patients undergoing major surgery. It helps patients recover from their operation sooner, so that  patient can return to normal life as quickly as possible. Numerous research reports have shown that using ERAS as opposed to traditional care has significant positive effects on recovery.

In India, a study showed a 35% decrease in hospital stays without any increased readmissions or complications after inclusion of ERAS pathways. So by implementing nurse led ERAS programme the duration of hospital stay can be shorten and quality of recovery will be enhanced , also possiblities of readmission for any complication can also be minimised. This study will develop an evidence in effectivness of nurse led ERAS programme in improving quality of recovery, reducing their duration of hospital stay and increasing satisfaction among renal transplant patients.