International Journal of Nursing Research

Objective To explore the effect of early enteral nutrition support and specialized nursing for neurosurgical critically ill patients. Methods A total of 70 neurosurgical critically ill patients who received early nutrition support were selected as the research subjects. A clinical nursing study was conducted (from July 2024 to July 2025), and they were randomly divided into different nursing groups (control group/observation group, 35/35 cases). The effects of routine nursing (control group) and specialized nursing (observation group) on the nutritional indicators, adverse events, neurological function, and quality of life of the patients were evaluated. Results Comparison of 4 nutritional indicators, before the nursing, they were comparable (P>0.05), and after the nursing, they improved and the observation group was higher (P<0.05). Comparison of 6 adverse events, the total proportion of patients in the observation group was lower (5.71% VS 22.86%) (P<0.05). Comparison of NIHSS scores, before the nursing, they were comparable (P>0.05), and after the nursing, they decreased and the observation group was lower (P<0.05). Comparison of GQOLI-74 scores, before the nursing, they were comparable (P>0.05), and after the nursing, they improved and the observation group was higher (P<0.05). Conclusion After specialized nursing for neurosurgical critically ill patients who received early enteral nutrition support, the nutritional indicators of the patients were better, the adverse events were significantly reduced, the neurological function of the patients was further improved, and the quality of life was higher. It is worthy of promotion and application.

Neurosurgical critically ill; Early enteral nutrition support; Specialized nursing; Nutritional indicators; Adverse events; Neurological function; Quality of life