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The nurse's role in giving pre‐operative information to reduce anxiety in patients admitted to hospital for elective minor surgery
Author(s) -
Swindale Jill E.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1989.tb01478.x
Subject(s) - anxiety , coping (psychology) , minor surgery , medicine , harm , nursing , nursing care , intervention (counseling) , minor (academic) , psychiatry , psychology , intensive care medicine , surgery , social psychology , political science , law
Hospitalization, regardless of disease, is known to provoke anxiety in the patient admitted for minor surgery. If unrecognized, prolonged anxiety creates stress which may subsequently harm the patient and delay recovery. If nursing intervention is to be therapeutic, it is argued that recognition of and response to this area of patient need should be based on current research findings within the framework of a nursing model. The relationships between pre‐operative anxiety, types of coping strategy and information received are discussed with reference to current literature. Open‐ended and flexible assessment formats based on Orem's therapeutic self‐care requirements and King's open‐systems framework are proposed.