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Self‐Efficacy Enhanced Preoperative Instruction
Author(s) -
OetkerBlack S.,
Teeters D.,
Cukr P.,
Rininger S.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/s0001-2092(06)62666-5
Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , laparoscopic cholecystectomy , perioperative nursing , protocol (science) , community hospital , preoperative care , general surgery , anesthesia , surgery , nursing , alternative medicine , pathology
Perioperative nurses traditionally have helped patients cope with the adversities of surgery through preoperative instruction. The authors conducted a study to determine whether an efficacy‐enhancing preoperative teaching protocol was effective in increasing preoperative self‐efficacy in patients scheduled to undergo laparoscopic cholecystectomy procedures with general anesthesia. The subjects were 60 surgical patients in a 156‐bed community hospital located in the midwestern United States. Analysis of covariance indicated there were no significant differences between groups after controlling for preoperative self‐efficacy. Further research is needed to determine whether an efficacy‐enhancing teaching protocol can improve selected short‐ and long‐term outcomes in surgical patients. AORN J 66 (Nov 1997) 854‐864.