The circulating nurse’s role in decreasing fear to a patient and designated family member prior to surgery under anesthesia

Joint Event on 21^st Global Nursing Education Conference & 4^th International Conference on Holistic Medicine and Nursing Care

March 25-26, 2019 | Orlando, USA

Claudia Chanes

Baptist Health South Florida Miami, USA

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Nurs Care

Abstract :

Patients and families who undergo surgery experience fear and anxiety prior to their surgical procedure. Fear and anxiety although associated have different characteristics. Anxiety is the direct result of fear. Conversely, fear is an emotion to a specific danger source. Over time, this increased fear negatively affects a patient’s health. Literature reviews have identified emotional support as a tool to decrease fear. Research questions will help create an evidencebased emotional support surgical checklist assisting the circulating nurse in decreasing fear. In order to decrease the patients�?? levels of fear, circulator nurses may use an integrated approach. The method included a prospective study of 75 patients and their designed family member’s demographic and personal feelings about decreasing fear of having surgery; a pre/post-evidence-based emotional support checklist had been implemented. The implementation, the study could be used to gather accurate data. Nurses significantly and positively in�?uence pre-operatively the well-being of patients and family/ significant other.

Biography :

E-mail: claudiach@baptisthealth.net