Postoperative Care - Education
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Effect of a preoperative instructional digital video disc on patient knowledge and preparedness for engaging in postoperative care activities.

27 Feb 2009 This project determined the effects of developing and implementing a preoperative instructional digital video disc (DVD) on patients' level of knowledge, preparedness, and perceived ability to participate in postoperative care activities. Content ... Read more...

An investigation of the effects of preoperative interdisciplinary patient education on understanding postoperative expectations following a total joint arthroplasty.

30 Oct 2008 This study aimed at evaluating the effect of a preoperative interdisciplinary educational intervention on understanding postoperative expectations following a total joint arthroplasty. The study sample consisted of 156 patients scheduled for ... Read more...

Postoperative pain management - the influence of surgical ward nurses.

30 Jul 2008 AIM: To compare pain levels reported by patients with those documented by ward nurses and to find out to what extent the amount of opioids given correlated with the pain level. Secondly, to study if pain management and nurses' approaches to this ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Postoperative Care - Education'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Effect of a preoperative instructional digital video disc on patient knowledge and preparedness for engaging in postoperative care activities. 27 Feb 2009
• An investigation of the effects of preoperative interdisciplinary patient education on understanding postoperative expectations following a total joint arthroplasty. 30 Oct 2008
• [Mentors in anesthesiology and postoperative intensive care] 29 Sep 2008
• Postoperative pain management - the influence of surgical ward nurses. 30 Jul 2008
• Ten tips for patients. 30 Dec 2007
• Bedside nurses removing epicardial pacer wires: from concept to practice. 30 Dec 2006
• Common issues in PEG tubes--what every fellow should know. 29 Nov 2006
• What is the impact of theoretical knowledge on children's nurses' post-operative pain management practices? An exploratory study. 26 Nov 2006
• Continuity of care experience of residents in an academic vascular department: are trainees learning complete surgical care? 29 Apr 2006
• [Management of patients after valvular heart surgery. Guidelines of the European Cardiologic Society] 27 Feb 2006
• Does physician-patient communication that aims at empowering patients improve clinical outcome? A case study. 18 Jun 2005
• Ward nurses aid recovery. 30 May 2004
• Readability and content of postoperative tonsillectomy instructions given to patients in Scotland. 30 Mar 2004
• Nursing knowledge and assessment skills in the management of patients receiving analgesia via epidural infusion. 29 Nov 2002
• Information giving can be painless. 30 Dec 1999
• Patient education -- health promotion in Michigan's hospitals. Part I. 30 Dec 1980

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Technical information about 'Postoperative Care'

Definition: The period of care beginning when the patient is removed from surgery and aimed at meeting the patient's psychological and physical needs directly after surgery. (From Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed)

Descriptor UI: D011182

Alternative terms: Postoperative Care; Care, Postoperative; Postoperative Procedures; Postoperative Procedure; Procedure, Postoperative; Procedures, Postoperative;

Related Mesh Headings: Physical Therapy Modalities;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; rehabilitation; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics;

Tree Number: E02.760.722.700; E04.624; N02.421.585.722.700;

Technical Notes: DF: POSTOP CARE