title: Gaining commitment to rehabilitation: importance of preoperative assessment.
abstract: Assessment and psychological concerns in caring for the child and parents contemplating pediatric microsurgery to repair hand defects are issues nurses will face. Assessing the patient's perception of self, assessing the perception of expected postoperative results, and assessing the parents' adjustment to the disability will be discussed in this article.
authors.affiliation: Denton Regional Medical Center, TX, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bucher
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Monsivais
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006228:Hand Deformities, Congenital / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D011300:Preoperative Care