Key result
Preoperative teaching for open heart surgery reduces postoperative patient anxiety and improves nurse satisfaction.
Why the study?
A teaching program is needed to improve patient understanding of open heart surgery and enhance nurse knowledge to reduce postoperative anxiety and improve experience.
Preoperative education for open heart surgery patients may reduce postoperative anxiety and improve nursing satisfaction.
Preoperative teaching may ease recovery after open heart surgery; hypothesis-generating and requires confirmation in randomized trials.
The teaching program outlined here really represents a way of killing two birds with one stone. For, in order to give the patient an understanding of what is going to happen and why, the nurse must be sure that she, too, understands the processes and procedures involved. The end result is a smoother, less anxious postoperative period for the patient, and a more satisfying, fulfilling experience for the nurse.
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
Filomena Fanelli Varvaro (1965) studied Open heart surgery. Teaching program was evaluated. A teaching program for open heart surgery patients results in a smoother, less anxious postoperative period for the patient and a more satisfying experience for the nurse.
Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context: