Responsibilities of the Preoperative Holding Area Nurse

Dunn, Debra

doi:10.1016/s0001-2092(06)62663-x

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“… Calming Conversation: Previous work suggests that a conversation does not have to convey very detailed information concerning a problem in order to minimise stress and anxiety. In fact the mere conversation itself may have a calming effect [ 22 , 23 ]. Mental Efforts: Mental coping revolves round the many ways in which a patient may regard the situation.…”

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Coping strategies in anxious surgical patients

Aust

Rüsch

Schuster

et al. 2016

BMC Health Serv Res

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BackgroundAnaesthesia and surgery provoke preoperative anxiety and stress. Patients try to regain control of their emotions by using coping efforts. Coping may be more effective if supported by specific strategies or external utilities. This study is the first to analyse coping strategies in a large population of patients with high preoperative anxiety.MethodsWe assessed preoperative anxiety and coping preferences in a consecutive sample of 3087 surgical patients using validated scales (Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale/Visual Analogue Scale). In the subsample of patients with high preoperative anxiety, patients’ dispositional coping style was determined and patients’ coping efforts were studied by having patients rate their agreement with 9 different coping efforts on a four point Likert scale. Statistical analysis included correlational analysis between dispositional coping styles, coping efforts and other variables such as sociodemographic data. Statistical significance was considered for p < 0.05.ResultsThe final analysis included 1205 patients with high preoperative anxiety. According to the initial self-assessment, about two thirds of the patients believed that information would help them to cope with their anxiety (“monitors”); the remainder declined further education/information and reported self-distraction to be most helpful to cope with anxiety (“blunters”). There was no significant difference between these two groups in anxiety scores.Educational conversation was the coping effort rated highest in monitors whereas calming conversation was the coping effort rated highest in blunters. Coping follows no demographic rules but is influenced by the level of education. Anxiolytic Medication showed no reliable correlation to monitoring and blunting disposition. Both groups showed an exactly identical agreement with this coping effort.Demand for medical anxiolysis, blunting or the desire for more conversation may indicate increased anxiety. The use of the internet was independent of the anxiety level and the demand of information.ConclusionConversation with medical staff proved to be the most popular coping strategy. Acknowledgment of the division between information-seeking and blunting-like personalities is central to supporting the patient’s individual coping efforts. Internet access may be the easiest way to support coping today.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12913-016-1492-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Coping strategies in anxious surgical patients

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Rüsch

Schuster

et al. 2016

BMC Health Serv Res

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“…4,8,10,23,24 Par ailleurs, la communication avec le personnel soignant est particulièrement important en préopératoire pour améliorer la prise en charge et le confort des patients. 16,25 L'amélioration de la communication des soignants n'est pas une donnée nouvelle et son intégration dans la formation médicale a été proposée de longue date. 26 Récemment, dans une étude réalisée chez 1 205 patients ayant un haut degré d'anxiété préopératoire, évaluée par échelle visuelle analogique (EVA) et par score APAIS (Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale), l'approche la plus appréciée par les patients pour réduire celle-ci était la communication avec le personnel soignant.…”

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“…Results A total of 234 patients were included (109 before and 125 after). Following the staff awareness session to therapeutic communication, the NC score C 5 decreased significantly from 20% to 6% as well as the median NRSc [P 25 -P 75 ] before (8 [8-9] vs 8 [7][8]) and after (8 [8-9] vs 8 [7][8]) anesthesia. The proportion of less anxious patients before the initiation of anesthesia was significantly higher after the therapeutic communication (32% vs 17%).…”

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Évaluation de la communication thérapeutique pour améliorer l’accueil du patient au bloc opératoire: étude d’impact

Boselli

Demaille

Fuchs

et al. 2018

Can J Anesth/J Can Anesth

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“…The circulating nurse should communicate appropriately with the patient, surgical team members, and others in the surgical ward. They can talk to the patient to decrease his/her fear and stress before the start of surgery (31)(32)(33). Circulating nurses should use a proper tone of voice as they stand foots away from the surgical bed (34) and talk about only relevant issues to the surgery (12).…”

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Circulating nurse´s non-technical skills: a literature review

Kalantari

Zamanian

Faghihi

et al. 2020

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Background: Circulating nurses are key members of the surgical team and play an essential role in ensuring patient safety in the operating room. They need to use non-technical skills to provide safe and efficient patient care. This study was conducted to identify the behaviors related to the circulating nurse´s nontechnical skills from the existing literature.Methods: A search of the literature between 1990 and 2020 was conducted using online sources, including Web of Science, MEDLINE, CINHAL, Scopus, OVID, and Cochran library. Furthermore, the publications of the Association of peri-operative registered nurses (AORN) and the National Association of Theater Nurses (NATH) were consulted. Then the skills were grouped into known categories of non-technical skills.Results: Behaviors related to circulating nurse´s non-technical skills were extracted from the existing literature. Then they were grouped into seven domains, including communication, leadership, coping, teamwork, situational awareness, task management, and decision-making and problem-solving. Furthermore, several improper behaviors were extracted.Conclusion: Circulating nurses need to use non-technical skills from the beginning until the end of surgery to perform efficiently. There is still a need for future work to identifying circulating nurses’ non-technical skills using other types of studies to develop an assessment tool.

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Responsibilities of the Preoperative Holding Area Nurse

Cited by 6 publications

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Coping strategies in anxious surgical patients

Coping strategies in anxious surgical patients

Évaluation de la communication thérapeutique pour améliorer l’accueil du patient au bloc opératoire: étude d’impact

Circulating nurse´s non-technical skills: a literature review

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