Pre-operative nursing care aims to prepare the patient holistically. The nurse acts as the patient's advocate by assessing their needs and risk factors.
As a nurse, you have a big role in providing a smooth and safe surgical experience for your patient. So just like everything else in nursing, you need to look at the bigger picture. This means that you will not only prepare your patient from the medical perspective, but you will also give importance to their psychological, and spiritual preparation.
Type of Material:
Development Tool; Reference
Recommended Uses:
In-class learning
Homework reading
Individual learning
Healthcare team
Technical Requirements:
Internet access and Web Browser
Identify Major Learning Goals:
After active participation with the journal article, the learner will
Describe pre-operative education for patients/families.
Apply interventions to reduce anxiety and fear.
Explain what to expect before surgery.
Evaluate nutritional status.
Provide specific pre-operative nursing care when needed.
Target Student Population:
Nursing students
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
Anatomy and physiology
Basic nursing care
Nursing vocabulary
Content Quality
Rating:
Strengths:
The information is complete and precise.
Summarizes the highlights.
Amount of information is adequate.
Concerns:
There are no citations or references for validation of content, currency, and accuracy. However, the journal does have a comment about the quick changes in healthcare and that information was current on date of publication.
Could be augmented with "doing" in a video.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
Rating:
Strengths:
Demonstrates relationships between concepts.
Could help learn a lot in a short time.
Has a narrow focus to help students zoom in on preparing a person for surgery.
Concerns:
Could be improved with stated goals or learning outcomes for educational use.
Could be improved with video, more images, or color.
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
Rating:
Strengths:
It is easy to use.
Provides clearly stated information.
Uses ordinary text for a link, but the link was not in working order.
Concerns:
Could be improved with more engagement.
It is not interactive.
It is not of high design quality.
It is not visually appealing.
It does not have clear instructions.
Creative Commons:
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