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Auther : SUCHANA ROY BHOWMIK M.Sc.Nursing, Medical Surgical Nursing (CVTN) Title : PRE-OPERATIVE ORIENTATION PROGRAMME ON PRE AND POST-OPERATIVE ANXIETY Abstract : Surgery, whether elective or emergent, is a stressful and complex event. In cardiac surgery, the patient is transferred to an intensive care unit. These intensive care units are triumphs of technological medicine and surgery. So, the atmosphere leads to development of anxiety which results in psychological disturbances. Studies have reported increasing knowledge and advanced interventions relieve pre-operative anxiety. The nurse plays an integral member of the multidisciplinary team to provide patient education and orientation to patients regarding intensive therapy unit which relieves anxiety. The study finding suggested that providing Pre-operative orientation programme in preoperative period assists in the reduction in physiological parameters (blood pressure, pulse and respiration) in preoperative period and reduction in subjective feeling of anxiety of the participants in pre and post-operative period. View PDF File |
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