title: Introducing a music program in the perioperative area.
abstract: Music can touch patients deeply and thus transform their anxiety and stress into relaxation and healing. Patients with cancer who undergo surgical procedures are highly stressed. To help alleviate these patients' stress and improve their comfort, perioperative nurses at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), New York, surveyed surgical patients and staff members about introducing a perioperative music program. This article reviews the literature on the use of music in perioperative care settings and describes MSKCC's decision to evaluate and then implement a music program.
authors.affiliation: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Cunningham
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Monson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bookbinder
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001007:Anxiety / Q000628:therapy; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003625:Data Collection; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009146:Music; D009147:Music Therapy / Q000266:history; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D019990:Perioperative Care; D013527:Perioperative Nursing; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000523:psychology