dc.contributor.author | Lee, David Shui-Kong | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-07-27 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-04-28T01:24:41Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-02T01:08:17Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-04-28T01:24:41Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-03-02T01:08:17Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2002 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1037-6178 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.5172/conu.13.2-3.271 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/67379 | |
dc.description.abstract | Many nurses have acknowledged that adequate pre-operative teaching can alleviate patients’ anxiety, increase patient participation in their own care, and minimize post-operative complications. However, the organization and degree to which pre-operative patient teaching featured in nurses’ practice varies in different acute care settings. A case study design was used to explore the practice of pre-operative teaching in a surgical ward of an acute general hospital in Hong Kong. Seventeen registered nurses working on the ward were interviewed and observed in order to explore how they conduct a pre-operative teaching program and the difficulties encountered by them in carrying out pre-operative teaching on this acute care setting. The findings of this study indicate that pre-operative teaching workshops are organized and conducted by nurses from the operating theatre, in the day surgery center. Ward nurses were not actively involved in this pre-operative teaching.
The results of this study present some similarities to a study with the similar design in Australia. There are also issues unique to the Hong Kong context. This case study was to review Hong Kong nurses’ current practices of pre-operative teaching and to understand the cultural, conceptual and management factors influencing the practice in pre-operative teaching. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.description.publicationstatus | Yes | |
dc.publisher | eContent Pty Ltd | |
dc.publisher.place | Sydney | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 271 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 280 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | Contemporary Nurse | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 13 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Nursing | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 1110 | |
dc.title | Pre-operative patient teaching in an acute care ward in Hong Kong: A case study | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | c1x | |
gro.faculty | Griffith Health Faculty | |
gro.hasfulltext | No Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Lee, David S. | |