Adult surgical patients and the information provided to them by nurses: A literature review



: Suhonen R, Leino-Kilpi H

Publisher: ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD

: 2006

: Patient Education and Counseling

: PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING

: PATIENT EDUC COUNS

: 61

: 1

: 5

: 15

: 11

: 0738-3991

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2005.02.012


Conclusions: The results of this review confirm that information, which is tailored to individual patient needs, has an important role for surgical patients. At present there is a poor understanding of the processes that describe the detailed experiences of surgical patients in clinical care and the possibilities of empowerment through learning. Practice implications: As surgical patients differ individually in their learning needs and benefit from different content and quantity of information, more emphasis should be put into evaluating and assessing these individual needs. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.



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