Derham C
Intensive Care Nurs. 1991 Jun;7(2):80-5. doi: 10.1016/0266-612x(91)90014-i.
In many hospitals it is common practice for nurses working in intensive care units to visit patients on the ward when a stay in the intensive care unit is anticipated following elective surgery. The purpose of the preoperative visit is to minimise fear and anxiety by preparing patients for their admission by providing information about the unit, the equipment used and responding to any questions. However, although there is extensive evidence to support the advantages of information--giving prior to stressful events the author could find no evaluation of the type of information given by intensive care staff. The purpose of the study was three fold. Firstly to discover the type of information patients would like to receive. Secondly to use this data in compiling a booklet which could be used to supplement the preoperative visit. Thirdly to evaluate the contents of the booklet. Postoperatively 20 patients evaluated the booklet by means of a self-administered questionnaire. These were completed 48 h after their transfer from the unit. Overall patients were satisfied with the information contained in the booklet but felt they required additional advice about their proposed surgery and needed more time to absorb the information they had been given.
在许多医院，对于在重症监护病房工作的护士来说，在择期手术后预计患者会入住重症监护病房时，到病房探视患者是常见的做法。术前探视的目的是通过向患者提供有关病房、所使用设备的信息并回答任何问题，让患者为入院做好准备，从而将恐惧和焦虑降至最低。然而，尽管有大量证据支持在压力事件发生前提供信息的好处，但作者找不到对重症监护病房工作人员所提供信息类型的评估。该研究有三个目的。首先，了解患者希望收到的信息类型。其次，利用这些数据编写一本小册子，用于补充术前探视。第三，评估小册子的内容。术后，20名患者通过自行填写问卷对小册子进行了评估。这些问卷是在他们从病房转出48小时后完成的。总体而言，患者对小册子中的信息感到满意，但觉得他们需要关于拟进行手术的更多建议，并且需要更多时间来消化所提供的信息。
