All Outputs (2)

Guidance for the psychological care of day case surgery patients (2002)
Journal Article
Mitchell, M. (2002). Guidance for the psychological care of day case surgery patients. Nursing Standard, 16(40), 41-43

An increase in day surgery activity to 75 per cent of all elective surgery is a central feature of the NHS Plan (DoH 2000). However, patient information provision remains a challenge for all modern surgery as the time spent in hospital is brief and t... Read More about Guidance for the psychological care of day case surgery patients.

Psychological preparation of patients undergoing day surgery (2002)
Thesis
Mitchell, M. Psychological preparation of patients undergoing day surgery. (Thesis). University of Salford

The aim of the study was to discover the most suitable methods of psychologically preparing patients for modern day surgery and to formulate a pre-operative nursing plan which embraces such methods. Contemporary evidence suggests the level of informa... Read More about Psychological preparation of patients undergoing day surgery.