Parental Perceptions in Pediatric Cardiac Fast-Track Surgery

ABSTRACT This project investigated parents' and caregivers' perceptions of the fast-track surgery process with regard to their child's surgical procedure and hospital stay. The goal of this project was to review and improve the fast-track process. Participants were parents/caregivers...

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Published in:AORN journal 2009-04, Vol.89 (4), p.725-731
Main Authors: Jawahar, Kaanthan, Scarisbrick, Angela Antonia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Anesthesia & Perioperative Care
Attitude to Health
cardiac surgery
Cardiac Surgical Procedures - nursing
Cardiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Cross-Sectional Studies
Early Ambulation
fast-track surgery
hospital stay
Hospitals, Pediatric
Humans
Infant
London
Nursing
Parents
Parents & parenting
parents' perceptions
pediatric patients
Pediatrics
Perianesthesia
Perioperative Care - nursing
Retrospective Studies
Surgery
Time Factors
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Summary:ABSTRACT This project investigated parents' and caregivers' perceptions of the fast-track surgery process with regard to their child's surgical procedure and hospital stay. The goal of this project was to review and improve the fast-track process. Participants were parents/caregivers of pediatric patients (ie, younger than 18 years) who had undergone a low-complexity cardiac surgical procedure on a fast-track basis at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, United Kingdom, between January 2006 and January 2008. Findings suggest that parents/caregivers overestimate the time it takes for several key milestones in the fast-track process to occur and that there is a need for preoperative and preadmission education that will allow parents/caregivers to be more involved in their child's care. AORN J 89 (April 2009) 725–731. © AORN, Inc, 2009.
ISSN:0001-2092
1878-0369
DOI:10.1016/j.aorn.2008.11.029