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Educational activity of a nurse in perioperative care
FOTROVÁ, Miluše
description of work This paper is devoted to the questions of the education in operating theatres through perioperative nurses. The paper defined the objectives and research questions. Objective 1: To determine the difference in educational activities of a perioperative nurse in selected operating theatres in the Hospital České Budějovice, AG. The objective was accomplished, and the educational methods comply with the orientation of the operating theatres in the relevant departments. The respondents agree on the most used method, which is an interview. Objective 2: To determine the difference in the education through a perioperative nurse in the general and local anaesthesia. The objective was accomplished. Diversity of the education for the local anaesthesia consists primarily in the approach to a patient, where the respondents reported a closer individual contact towards an operated patient. The nurses agree on that during the local anaesthesia they interpret a detailed explanation to the patient to the following surgery in terms of nursing care, and they talk actively to the patient, and inform him throughout the whole period of the surgery process. The objectives of the paper were defined by four research questions. Question 1. What are the educational methods used through the perioperative nurses? The respondents reported unanimously the method of an interview, an explaining, a work with text - leaflets, brochures; further they indicated a photo-documentation and educational books, although they are not used in the operating theatres in questions. Question 2. What method is considered by the perioperative nurses as the most beneficial for the patient? The respondents reported unanimously the method of an interview, six of the respondents stated the work with a text - leaflets, brochures. Question 3. In what manner proceeds the education on the selected operating theatres in the Hospital České Budějovice, AG? All nine nurses consistently reported that they conduct the education in a corridor on the day of surgery. Here the acting nurse acquaints the patient with the operating theatre environment, explains and performs a nursing preparation according to the department practices, instructs the patient about his position on the operating table. Question 4. What is the difference in the education of the patient through the perioperative nurse before the surgery in general and local anaesthesia? According to the nurses´ opinion, the difference lies by the local anaesthesia in a more individual access to the patient, when the method of detailed explanation is used. The nurses talk to the patient throughout the whole performance.
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