Pre-operative patient teaching in an acute care ward in Hong Kong: a case study.
Contemp Nurse
; 13(2-3): 271-80, 2002 Oct.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16116783
ABSTRACT
Many nurses have acknowledged that adequate pre-operative teaching can alleviate patients' anxiety, increase patient participation in their own care, and minimize post-operative complications. However, the organization and degree to which pre-operative patient teachingfeatured in nurses' practice varies in different acute care settings. A case study design was used to explore the practice of pre-operative teaching in a surgical ward of an acute general hospital in Hong Kong. Seventeen registered nurses working on the ward were interviewed and observed in order to explore how they conduct a pre-operative teaching program and the difficulties encountered by them in carrying out pre-operative teaching on this acute care setting. Thefindings of this study indicate that pre-operative teaching workshops are organized and conducted by nursesfrom the operating theatre, in the day surgery center. Ward nurses were not actively involved in this pre-operative teaching. The results of this study present some similarities to a study with the similar design in Australia. There are also issues unique to the Hong Kong context. This case study was to review Hong Kong nurses' current practices of pre-operative teaching and to understand the cultural, conceptual and managementfactors influencing the practice in pre-operative teaching.
Buscar no Google
Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Ensino
/
Cuidados Pré-Operatórios
/
Atitude do Pessoal de Saúde
/
Educação de Pacientes como Assunto
/
Recursos Humanos de Enfermagem Hospitalar
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
Limite:
Adult
/
Female
/
Humans
/
Male
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Contemp Nurse
Assunto da revista:
ENFERMAGEM
Ano de publicação:
2002
Tipo de documento:
Article