Introduction:

Anesthetic hypnosis can be a useful resource to address painful procedures.

Development:

The case is of a young female patient requiring third-molars exodontia who underwent it under anesthetic hypnosis. The nursing process began with the assessment according to functional patterns. The patient was found healthy and without relevant morbid antecedents nor drug-anesthesia contraindications. A comfort improving disposition NANDA diagnosis was selected. NIC 5922 and 5920 were incorporated to the intervention plan.

Results:

The extraction under anesthetic hypnosis was performed in a similar form in comparison to a drug-anesthesia extraction procedure. During the post operatory stage, the patient used self-hypnosis and responded favorably without analgesics.

Discussion:

While hypnosis requires more scientific evidence, its use appears to be promising. In this case, diverse benefits from using hypnosis to address a painful procedure were acknowledged.

Conclusion:

Anesthetic hypnosis proved being helpful in a dental-surgery related nursing intervention. Self-hypnosis also contributed to the favorable outcome. A nursing professional who is well trained in hypnosis can incorporate this kind of procedure into her care management approach. This particular case was interesting because the patient chose hypnosis over drug anesthesia, and no other report on a nursing staff induced anesthetic hypnosis was found. Anecdotally, during the filming of this procedure, a journalist suffered an emotional trance which required immediate nursing intervention.