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Article: Intraoperative progress reports decrease family members' anxiety.
- Article from:
- AORN Journal
- Article date:
- September 1, 1996
- Author:
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Surgery is an anxiety-producing situation for family members, especially during the time their relatives are in the OR.[1] Research findings suggest that families want to be involved in the care of their ill members[2] but that anxiety interferes with their ability to provide this care. In addition, family members'anxiety may be transmitted to their ill relatives.[3]
Patients are being discharged "sooner and sicker," requiring their family members to assume increased responsibilities for immediate postoperative care. If family members are extremely anxious, they are unlikely to use information provided by perioperative staff members effectively or to ask ...