title: Patient education for discharge after coronary bypass surgery in the 1990s: are patients adequately prepared?
abstract: Short hospitalizations for patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) require continuous nursing evaluation of patients' discharge education. Six institutions collaborated in surveying 300 postoperative patients with CABG to identify learning priorities and patients' perceptions of the effectiveness of discharge education. Data analysis from the self-administered questionnaire demonstrated consistent patient priorities across institutions. Differences in teaching methods and content did not affect perceived preparedness or importance scores. Regional experience demonstrates that variable teaching efforts meet patients' priorities and provide high overall patient preparedness for discharge. Patients with the shortest hospitalizations had higher preparedness scores.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA.
authors.forename: V L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Beggs
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Willis
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Maislen
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Stokes
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sanford
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barber
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Pawlow
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Downs
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000451:nursing* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires