title: The recovery process after day surgery within the symptom management theory.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim was to illustrate two cases in a postoperative situation following day surgery within the framework of the symptom management theory.
  
  
  METHODS
  Template analysis using the symptom management theory.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Neither the woman nor the man was able to return to their normal activities, health status or functional status, within a week.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results illustrate how a postoperative situation may involve personal suffering up to 3 months.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  To obtain an outcome following day surgery, as optimal as possible, improving clinical practices and routines, such as discharge criteria, guidelines, and care pathways, is necessary.
authors.affiliation: School of Life Sciences, Skövde, Sweden.
authors.forename: Helena I
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Rosén
authors.forename: Ingrid H E
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Bergh
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schwartz-Barcott
authors.forename: Lena B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Mårtensson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D058748:Pain Perception; D011184:Postoperative Period; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care; D020127:Recovery of Function
keywords: Home health; nursing theory; rehabilitation