The nurse’s role in day surgery: a literature review

Abstract

This review highlights the importance of adequate preparation and continuous psychological support for patients undergoing day surgery. The challenges faced by practitioners involved with innovation are also emphasized.

The Quality of Patient Education in Day Surgery by Adult Patients

“…[1][2][3][4][5] Outpatient treatment and day surgery can be used to free up hospital ward places and operating rooms for more demanding treatments, while pressure on the wards due to ambulatory activity is reduced. [6][7][8] However, successful day surgery requires not only surgery, but also successful post-treatment, with patient education having a particularly important role in this. Effective and clear patient education seeks to improve patient knowledge and operational performance, [9][10][11][12][13] optimize patient recovery, shorten hospital stays for patients, improve satisfaction with health care, reduce the risks associated with surgery, [14][15][16][17] as well as help to reduce the pressures on societal health services.…”

“…1,6,19,20 It offers high-quality and effective surgical management for a wide range of procedures 6,18,20 and is a well-designed, cost-effective and people-serving activity. 6,7,18,19 Surgery and pain treatments constantly develop, so more and more surgeries can be done as a day surgery. 6,[21][22][23] The prevalence of day surgery varies considerably between various countries, from 0% to 90%.…”

Conscious surgery: influence of the environment on patient anxiety

“…However, a number of studies have already highlighted the need for increased psychological support both intraoperatively Leino-Kilpi 1999, Fung andCohen 2001) and peri-operatively (Gilmartin and Wright 2007, Rhodes et al 2006, Stoddard et al 2005. Although improved anxiety management and information provision are recommended here, essentially both aspects crucially involve personal communication and education.…”

Living with age-related macular degeneration treatment: Patient experiences of being treated with ranibizumab (Lucentis)(R) intravitreal injections

“…As such, services and physical environments involved in the delivery of this treatment are still evolving; with an ageing population and further development of treatments, this pressure will only increase in the future (Amoaku, 2009). This is set within the context of a huge growth in a wide range of day surgery (Gilmartin & Wright, 2007;Mitchell, 2003), and so the findings of this study are likely to have wide applicability. Meeting these demands, particularly during difficult economic times, will be a continuing challenge.…”