Preoperative visiting: a role for theatre nurses.
Over the past 20 years, giving preoperative information to patients has been recognized as benefiting them greatly (Hayward, 1975; Boore, 1978). Similarly, preoperative visits by theatre nurses have been widely advocated to allay patient anxiety. This article discusses preoperative visiting from the perspective of its value to theatre nurses, particularly in the planning of patients' nursing care and in the application of nursing models and a team approach to the delivery of care. In so doing, preoperative visiting may be a life-line for theatre nurses at a time when their unique contribution within the operating theatre is increasingly under scrutiny (Bevan, 1989).
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D001007:Anxiety / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology