title: Anxiety management in minimal stay surgery.
abstract: An increase in minimal-stay surgery has reduced opportunities for nurses to discuss patients' anxieties about anaesthesia and the procedures that they will undergo. To allay patient anxieties and therefore promote a good recovery from surgery, nurses need to put in place a planned programme of information provision for patients. They are in a good position to promote patients' feelings of control and ability to cope, and help them to think positively.
authors.affiliation: College of Health and Social Care, University of Salford.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mitchell
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology*; D001007:Anxiety / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D012944:Social Support