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Article: Guided imagery; intervention for smoking; pagers and bacteria; scissors; abdominal wound separation.
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- AORN Journal
- Article date:
- September 1, 2002
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Using guided Imagery In cardiac surgery
Outcomes Management, July-September 2002
This quality improvement study examined surgical outcomes in two groups of patients undergoing cardiac surgery. (1) Patients in the first group used guided imagery, and those in the second group did not. Preoperatively, patients in the first group were educated about guided imagery and its possible benefits. They received two audiotapes with instructions to listen to them several times per day. On the day of surgery, patients in the first group were encouraged to listen to their tapes before and throughout induction of anesthesia and after surgery. During the initial ...