Implications for better nursing practice: psychological aspects of patients undergoing post‐operative wound care

Abstract

It is not possible to develop nursing practice without understanding psychological aspects of patients undergoing postoperative wound care.

The effects of comprehensive mental intervention on the recovery time of patients with postsurgical gastroparesis syndrome

“…Quality nursing care and effective patient teaching were essential in the recovery of morbidly obese patients who received bariatric surgery (Murakami et al . ). Another study concluded that it was not possible to have a nursing practice without understanding the psychological aspects of patients undergoing surgery and postoperative care (Wang et al .…”

“…Early establishment of relationships between the nursing team and patients is essential so that patients can easily ask questions and trust the nurses to provide information and guidance (Murakami et al . ). Peri‐operative mental intervention may also have preventive effects that were not part of the present study.…”

“…, Murakami et al . ), primary nurses or psychiatric nurses who are qualified to provide psychological counselling can apply effective supportive mental consultation to patients with postoperative symptoms or complications while giving them physical care. As nurses, they are closest to both the patients and their families and are able to establish trust quickly and easily; they have the skills to explain every step patients must undergo in the postoperative period and have sufficient knowledge about the patient's condition to explain it clearly and answer questions (Wang et al .…”

Existential crisis? UK journalists make sense of their professional practice

“…A semi-structured interview was selected as the optimal data collection instrument early on in the research planning stages. Interviews are ideal for their ability to capture the ways in which people construct experiences (Bernard, 2002;Longhurst, 2003;Cohen & Crabtree, 2006;Rabionet, 2011;Murakami et al, 2013). This correlates with the epistemological and ontological assumptions that underpin this thesis as discussed earlier in this chapter.…”