Coping with the stress of surgery.
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Adaptation, Psychological↗
Biomedical subjects
D D Garbee
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Creating a positive surgical experience for patients.
Perioperative nurses strive to provide a positive surgical environment and, thus, a positive surgical experience for all patients. Blending traditional medicine with complementary therapies is one way to accomplish this task. This article presents a brief review of literature about traditional and complementary interventions used successfully in health care settings, along with a case study illustrating how one facility integrated these therapies into surgical patient care. The facility's goal was to increase patient satisfaction and create a positive surgical experience.
Combined Modality Therapy↗
Phacoemulsification procedures performed with topical anesthesia.
Phacoemulsification procedures with topical anesthesia, performed with small corneal incisions and 4% lidocaine hydrochloride methylparaben-free eye drops, have very high patient satisfaction rates because patients do not experience intraoperative pain, do not require sutures or eye patches, and have immediate improvements in their vision. Phacoemulsification procedures with topical anesthesia are cost-effective for surgery departments because patients have shorter hospitalizations and require fewer chargeable items. The perioperative nursing role is essential to the success of phacoemulsification procedures with topical anesthesia.
Anesthesia, Local↗