Day surgery : contemporary approaches to nursing care / edited by Fiona Timmins and Catherine McCabe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Timmins, Fiona, 1967-

McCabe, Catherine.

Series:

Wiley Series in Nursing

Wiley Series in Nursing ; v.25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ambulatory surgical nursing.

Surgical nursing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (191 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, U.K. : John Wiley & Sons, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The evolution of day surgery has heralded a new era of medical, anaesthetic and nursing knowledge, skills and practice. Day Surgery: Contemporary Approaches to Nursing Care explores the familiar concepts within nursing, such as evidence-based practice, patient-centred communication, management, practice development and models of care, and uses these theoretical constructs to provide a comprehensive overview of contemporary services and nursing approaches within day surgery. This book is written with the intention of providing nurses working in day surgery with a comprehensive applied te

Contents:

Day Surgery: Contemporary Approaches to Nursing Care; Contents; Contributors; 1: Introduction to Day Surgery; Historical background; Overview of services; Common presenting conditions; Recent innovations in day surgery; Conclusion; References; 2: Models of Care; Introduction; Outline of conceptual models of nursing care; The Roper, Logan and Tierney model; Orem's self-care deficit theory of nursing; Peplau's conceptual frame of reference for psychodynamic nursing; Evaluation of the contribution of conceptual models of nursing to day surgery practice

Background and development of care pathwaysWhat is a care pathway?; Developing care pathways; Examples of care pathways in current use; Conclusion; References; 3: Nurse-led Pre-admission Clinics; Introduction; The emergence of nurse-led interventions; Nurse-led services; The pre-assessment process; Educational intervention; Setting up a nurse-led pre-admission clinic; Evaluating services; Conclusion; References; 4: Practice Development; Introduction; Background; What do we mean by practice development?; Applying practice development initiatives in day surgery units; Evaluation methodologies

Patient satisfactionConclusion; References; 5: Day Surgery Management; Introduction; Management structure; Systems thinking; Management and leadership; Teamwork; Planning day surgery services; Planning day surgery facilities; Human resource management; Managing the provision of services; Outcomes management; Financial management; Conclusion; References; 6: Communication Issues in Day Surgery; Introduction; Communication; Importance of communication in day surgery; Collaborative communication; Conclusion; References; 7: Providing Information and Support; Introduction

Day surgery and patient educationPatient education and management of anxiety; Patient education process; Principles of patient education; Conclusion; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612034275

9781282034273

1282034278

9780470744451

0470744456

OCLC:

476247738