O'Connor F W, Devine E C, Cook T D, Wenk V A, Curtin T R
Patient Educ Couns. 1990 Aug;16(1):7-20. doi: 10.1016/0738-3991(90)90040-r.
This research tested whether staff nurses could provide enhanced patient education and whether increases in education improved surgical patient outcomes. A protocol for patient education was developed from earlier research. Then a multifocal intervention was implemented to motivate and teach staff nurses and to increase structural support for patient education. Following the intervention, patients reported receiving more preoperative information and psychosocial support, but not skills training. These increases occurred without measurable opportunity costs in other areas of nurses' work and generalized to nontargeted patient groups. Concomitantly, patients experienced shortened postoperative hospital stays and decreased use of anti-emetics/sedatives and hypnotics, demonstrating the clinical effectiveness of the increased education.
本研究检验了注册护士是否能够提供强化的患者教育，以及教育的增加是否能改善手术患者的预后。根据早期研究制定了患者教育方案。然后实施了多方面干预措施，以激励和培训注册护士，并加强对患者教育的结构性支持。干预后，患者报告称他们获得了更多的术前信息和心理社会支持，但未获得技能培训。这些增加并未在护士工作的其他领域产生可衡量的机会成本，并且推广到了非目标患者群体。与此同时，患者术后住院时间缩短，止吐药/镇静剂和催眠药的使用减少，这证明了增加教育的临床效果。
