Day Surgery: Contemporary Approaches to Nursing Care(Wiley Series in Nursing)

The evolution of day surgery has heralded a new era of medical, anaesthetic and nursing knowledge, skills and practice. Day Surgery: Contemporary Approaches to Nursing Care explores the familiar concepts within nursing, such as evidence-based practice, patient-centred communication, management, practice development and models of care, and uses these theoretical constructs to provide a comprehensive overview of contemporary services and nursing approaches within day surgery. This book is written with the intention of providing nurses working in day surgery with a comprehensive applied text that can be used as a reference when caring for patients. Day Surgery: Contemporary Approaches to Nursing Care: Provides a comprehensive overview of nursing approaches in day surgery Utilises models of care Includes evidence based practice Provides practical advice on management of day surgery services including setting up and implementing nurse led services in the area.

Table of Contents:
Contributors ix 1 Introduction to Day Surgery 1 Phillipa Ryan Withero Historical background 1 Overview of services 6 Common presenting conditions 9 Recent innovations in day surgery 13 Conclusion 14 References 15 2 Models of Care 19 Fiona Timmins Introduction 19 Outline of conceptual models of nursing care 20 The Roper, Logan and Tierney Model 23 Orem’s self-care deficit theory of nursing 25 Peplau’s conceptual frame of reference for psychodynamic Nursing 27 Evaluation of the contribution of conceptual models of nursing to day surgery practice 28 Background and development of care pathways 31 What is a care pathway? 31 Developing care pathways 33 Examples of care pathways in current use 36 Conclusion 43 References 44 3 Nurse-led Pre-admission Clinics 47 Jo Gilmartin Introduction 47 The emergence of nurse-led interventions 47 Nurse-led services 51 The pre-assessment process 54 Educational intervention 59 Setting up a nurse-led pre-admission clinic 62 Evaluating services 68 Conclusion 71 References 71 4 Practice Development 77 Robert McSherry, Kay Scott and Sharon Farlow Introduction 77 Background 77 What do we mean by practice development? 79 Applying practice development initiatives in day surgery units 81 Evaluation methodologies 92 Patient satisfaction 94 Conclusion 95 References 95 5 Day Surgery Management 99 Anne-Marie Brady Introduction 99 Management structure 99 Systems thinking 100 Management and leadership 101 Teamwork 102 Planning day surgery services 103 Planning day surgery facilities 106 Human resource management 109 Managing the provision of services 112 Outcomes management 113 Financial management 118 Conclusion 119 References 120 6 Communication Issues in Day Surgery 123 Catherine McCabe Introduction 123 Communication 123 Importance of communication in day surgery 126 Collaborative communication 130 Conclusion 134 References 135 7 Providing Information and Support 137 Margaret McCann Introduction 137 Day surgery and patient education 138 Patient education and management of anxiety 145 Patient education process 148 Principles of patient education 157 Conclusion 166 References 166 Index 171

About the Author :
Fiona Timmins is an Associate Professor at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Her research interests include professional nursing issues, nurse education, spirituality and reflection. Catherine McCabe is the author of Day Surgery: Contemporary Approaches to Nursing Care published by Wiley.