title: Setting up and evaluating patient information open evenings.
abstract: Staff at the Victoria infirmary patient preadmission clinic for major joint-replacement surgery recognised that the amount of information patients are given before a procedure is impossible to retain. This can lead to patients feeling ill-informed and less confident in their health care providers. An open evening was arranged to provide patients, accompanied by a friend or relative, with access to information on all aspects of their journey of care, while giving them the opportunity to meet staff and ask questions. The success of the event has resulted in it becoming a regular occurrence.
authors.affiliation: Victoria Infirmary/University of Paisley.
authors.forename: Beverly
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wellington
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D019643:Arthroplasty, Replacement / Q000193:education* / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009720:Nurse Clinicians; D016530:Orthopedic Nursing; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014850:Waiting Lists