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Importance of preoperative information of the patient after surgery
STRNAD, Ondřej
The goal of the bachelor's thesis entitled The Importance of Preoperative Information for the Patient after Surgery is to point out the importance of preoperative information for the patient after surgery. To achieve this goal two research questions were set: Of what importance is the information received by the patient from the nurse before surgery in the postoperative period of time? How do nurses evaluate the importance of submitting information to patients before surgery for the postoperative period of time? To achieve the above stated goal a qualitative research inquiry was used. To collect data for the empirical part of this work, a semi-structured interview was chosen. The research was going on in a surgical ward. The research group consisted of sixteen respondents, half of them was made up by patients after gallbladder surgery and the other half by nurses looking after them. Respondents' answers were noted down in a written form in a notebook, which was followed by their direct transcription into the programme Microsoft Word. The answers were processed by means of the open coding system. The research inquiry showed that patients are provided with information of various kind before planned surgery; e.g. primary information about the illness, information about the course of surgery itself, the preoperative care, the diet-measures, the rehabilitation regime. Patients after surgery evaluate, apart from some sporadic cases, all preoperative information provided by hospital staff positively. It helps them to dispel fears of the surgical intervention and brings about the sense of security and trust. Nurses' empathy is instrumental in a successful course of the postoperative period of time. The analysis of nurses' interviews shows that an informed patient equals a better cooperative and faster recovering patient. According to the gained information it would be beneficial to have a copy of the informed consent for patients made. Furthermore, the research showed that nurses could occupy themselves more with education activities concerning rehabilitation and pay more attention to finding out patients' pain intensity.
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