Testing the need for a follow-up visit after child day surgery.
Day surgery for children is becomingly increasing common because of the advantages to children and their families, and the reduction in costs. However, community follow-up of children appears to be sporadic. The author conducted a survey of parents, day surgery nurses and community nurses to determine if a follow-up visit was necessary after day surgery for insertion of grommets. Just over three quarters of parents (77 per cent) said they could have coped without the visit, a view echoed by both groups of nurses. Furthermore, 54 per cent of parents felt the visit was not absolutely necessary. This leads to the conclusion that provision of this service needs reviewing.
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D000328:Adult; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D002648:Child; D015400:Clinical Nursing Research; D003152:Community Health Nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010371:Pediatric Nursing; D013527:Perioperative Nursing; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods*