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The future of surgical nursing and enhanced recovery programmes (2011)
Journal Article
Mitchell, M. (2011). The future of surgical nursing and enhanced recovery programmes. British Journal of Nursing, 20(16), 978-984

Medical advances have led to the development of an increasing number of enhanced recovery programmes for patients undergoing surgery in the United Kingdom. Enhanced recovery is concerned with helping patients to get better sooner after an operation b... Read More about The future of surgical nursing and enhanced recovery programmes.

The future of surgical nursing and enhanced recovery programmes (2011)
Journal Article
Mitchell, M. (2011). The future of surgical nursing and enhanced recovery programmes. British Journal of Nursing, 20(16), 978-984

Medical advances have led to the development of an increasing number of enhanced recovery programmes for patients undergoing surgery in the United Kingdom. Enhanced recovery is concerned with helping patients to get better sooner after an operation b... Read More about The future of surgical nursing and enhanced recovery programmes.

Influence of gender and anaesthesia type on day surgery anxiety (2011)
Journal Article
Mitchell, M. (2011). Influence of gender and anaesthesia type on day surgery anxiety. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 68(5), 1014-1025. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05801.x

Aim: To investigate the possible influence of gender and anaesthesia type on anxiety prior to day surgery. Background: Elective surgery undertaken on a day, short stay or ‘day of surgery’ basis is growing and much emphasis also placed on ‘enhanced r... Read More about Influence of gender and anaesthesia type on day surgery anxiety.

Comment: Adult surgical nursing and the political agenda (2011)
Journal Article
Mitchell, M. (2011). Comment: Adult surgical nursing and the political agenda. British Journal of Nursing, 20(13), 828-829

Considerable innovation in both anaesthesia and surgical techniques have ensured permanent change to elective surgical nursing (Toftgaard, 2009). The physical assault on the body during surgery has been dramatically reduced over the last decade (Darz... Read More about Comment: Adult surgical nursing and the political agenda.