Guidance for the psychological care of day case surgery patients.
An increase in day surgery activity to 75 per cent of all elective surgery is a central feature of the NHS Plan (DoH 2000). However, patient information provision remains a challenge for all modern surgery as the time spent in hospital is brief and the level of self-care has grown. Effective information provision and an increased emphasis on psychological care are therefore essential to the future of day surgery.
Mitchell
Mark
M
School of Nursing, University of Salford, Manchester. m.mitchell@salford.ac.uk
D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D006285:Health Planning; D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000592:standards; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom