Inquiry. 2022 Jan-Dec; 59: 00469580221090404. Purpose: To develop and evaluate a nursing care plan based on the ERAS [Enhanced Recovery After Surgery] approach for thyroid surgery patients. Methods: A nursing care plan has been developed after the literature review and focus group discussion. The content
was validated using the Delphi method. Then, a quasi-experimental study was designed. A total of 120 cases with thyroid surgery at Ruijin Hospital from March to June 2018 were divided equally into an ERAS group and a conventional group Results: The nursing care plan consisted of 13 first-level and 32 second-level indicators. [P < .001]. Strikingly the outcomes, such as pain scores, length of hospital stay, and hospitalization costs, were significantly less in the
ERAS group than those in the conventional group [PAbstract