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Systematic Review of Preoperative Patient Readiness.

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Torres, GCS; Fernandez, DF; Ledbetter, L; Relf, MV
Published in: AORN journal
July 2021

Preoperative readiness indicates the patient's capacity to process information, consider possible outcomes, and decide to undergo a surgical procedure. This systematic review examines how the term "patient readiness" is used in the literature and synthesizes how preoperative interventions address readiness. A medical librarian searched five electronic databases to identify articles published between July 1, 2008, and June 30, 2019, that address studies including adult patients scheduled for surgery who participated in programs designed to foster readiness or studies that explored surgical readiness. After extracting 28 studies, the authors assessed the articles for quality and thematically synthesized them to describe actions and indicators of patient readiness according to the Perioperative Patient Focused Model. Readiness can positively influence surgical outcomes (eg, pain, satisfaction); however, there is a paucity of high-level, quality evidence that discusses surgical readiness for perioperative care. Nurses should use the information in this review to improve patient-centered preoperative care.

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AORN journal

DOI

EISSN

1878-0369

ISSN

0001-2092

Publication Date

July 2021

Volume

114

Issue

1

Start / End Page

47 / 59

Related Subject Headings

  • Preoperative Care
  • Patient-Centered Care
  • Pain
  • Nursing
  • Humans
  • Adult
  • 4205 Nursing
  • 1110 Nursing
 

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Torres, G. C. S., Fernandez, D. F., Ledbetter, L., & Relf, M. V. (2021). Systematic Review of Preoperative Patient Readiness. AORN Journal, 114(1), 47–59. https://doi.org/10.1002/aorn.13425
Torres, Gian Carlo S., Dennis F. Fernandez, Leila Ledbetter, and Michael V. Relf. “Systematic Review of Preoperative Patient Readiness.AORN Journal 114, no. 1 (July 2021): 47–59. https://doi.org/10.1002/aorn.13425.
Torres GCS, Fernandez DF, Ledbetter L, Relf MV. Systematic Review of Preoperative Patient Readiness. AORN journal. 2021 Jul;114(1):47–59.
Torres, Gian Carlo S., et al. “Systematic Review of Preoperative Patient Readiness.AORN Journal, vol. 114, no. 1, July 2021, pp. 47–59. Epmc, doi:10.1002/aorn.13425.
Torres GCS, Fernandez DF, Ledbetter L, Relf MV. Systematic Review of Preoperative Patient Readiness. AORN journal. 2021 Jul;114(1):47–59.
Journal cover image

Published In

AORN journal

DOI

EISSN

1878-0369

ISSN

0001-2092

Publication Date

July 2021

Volume

114

Issue

1

Start / End Page

47 / 59

Related Subject Headings

  • Preoperative Care
  • Patient-Centered Care
  • Pain
  • Nursing
  • Humans
  • Adult
  • 4205 Nursing
  • 1110 Nursing