Bakgrund: Postoperativ sårinfektion är den näst vanligaste vårdrelaterade infektionen i Sverige och många kan undvikas genom förebyggande arbetssätt. En viktig preventiv åtgärd är den preoperativa duschen. Sjuksköterskor upplever tidsbrist och stress vilket hindrar dem från att ge patienter tillräckligt med information och hjälp kring proceduren och patienter avviker från riktlinjer vid utförandet på grund av ofullständig information. Operationssjuksköterskan är ansvarig för hygien och aseptik i operationssalen och framhåller vikten av preoperativa hygieniska förberedelserna fördet slutgiltiga resultatet av huddesinfektionen.  Motiv: Genom att belysa vårdavdelningssjuksköterskors erfarenheter av preoperativa dusch kan kunskap skapas om eventuella utmaningar samt om hur dessa problem kan förebyggas vilket i sin tur kan öka möjligheter för att främja en patientsäker vård.  Syfte: Syftet var att beskriva avdelningssjuksköterskors erfarenhet av hygieniska preoperativa förberedelser av patient inför kirurgi. Metod: Semistrukturerade intervjuer i fokusgrupper genomfördes med sjuksköterskor som arbetar på kirurgvårdavdelningar. Insamlad data analyserades med kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Resultat: Resultatet presenterades i ett tema och de fyra kategorierna: “Kluvenhet kring betydelsen av preoperativ dusch”, “Behov av tydligare riktlinjer på avdelningen”, “Behov av tydligare arbetsledning” och “Acceptans kring att inte följa riktlinjer”. Konklusion: Sjuksköterskorna upplevde hinder som kunskapsbrist, personalbrist och tidsbrist vid de preoperativa hygienförberedelserna, vilket skapade känslor av osäkerhet, frustration och uppgivenhet. De beskrev en önskan om att ha rätt förutsättningar för att kunna följa nationella riktlinjer och ge omvårdnad av god kvalitet. / Background: Postoperative surgical site infection is the second most common cross infection in Sweden and many can be avoided by preventive measures. An important preventive measure is the preoperative shower. Nurses experiences lack of time and stress which prevents them from giving the patient sufficient information and assistance through the procedure and patients deviate from the guidelines due to lack of information. The operating room nurse is responsible for aseptic and hygiene in the operating room and emphasizes the importance of the preoperative shower for the final result of the skin disinfection.  Motive: By illustrate surgical ward nurses’ experiences of preoperative shower, knowledge can be created about possible challenges and how these problems can be prevented, which in turn can increase opportunities to promote a patient-safe care.  Aim: The aim of the study is to describe surgical ward nurses’ experiences of hygienic preoperative preparations of patient before surgery.  Methods: Semi-structured interviews in focus groups with nurses in a surgical ward were conducted. Collected data were analyzed with qualitative content analysis.  Result: The results were presented in one theme and four categories: “Hesitation of the importance of preoperative shower”, “Need of clearer guidelines in the surgical ward”, “Need of clearer leadership” and “Acceptance of not following guidelines”.  Conclusion: The nurses experienced obstacles such as lack of knowledge, lack of personnel and lack of time in the preoperative hygiene preparations, which created feelings of insecurity, frustration and abandonment. They described a desire to have the right conditions to be able to follow national guidelines and provide a good quality care.

A quantitative descriptive study was conducted to establish professional nurses’ and patients’ knowledge and understanding of laparoscopic surgery and to determine whether nurses are sufficiently knowledgeable to disseminate adequate information about laparoscopic surgery to patients. Two state hospitals based in KwaZulu-Natal where laparoscopic surgery is done were selected and the respondents were selected through convenience sampling. Data were collected by administering questionnaires to theatre nurses (n=39), ward nurses (n=87) and patients (n=42) scheduled for laparoscopic surgery. The SPSS version 15 for Windows was used to compute the results. The findings revealed that the professional nurses were not sufficiently knowledgeable about laparoscopic surgery to give adequate information to patients and the patients themselves were not fully informed about all aspects of laparoscopic surgery including the possibility of conversion to open surgery, complications and advantages and after care. There is therefore a dire need for improvement of patient education to assist patients gaining optimal recovery / Health Studies / M.A. (Health Studies)

A quantitative descriptive study was conducted to establish professional nurses’ and patients’ knowledge and understanding of laparoscopic surgery and to determine whether nurses are sufficiently knowledgeable to disseminate adequate information about laparoscopic surgery to patients. Two state hospitals based in KwaZulu-Natal where laparoscopic surgery is done were selected and the respondents were selected through convenience sampling. Data were collected by administering questionnaires to theatre nurses (n=39), ward nurses (n=87) and patients (n=42) scheduled for laparoscopic surgery. The SPSS version 15 for Windows was used to compute the results. The findings revealed that the professional nurses were not sufficiently knowledgeable about laparoscopic surgery to give adequate information to patients and the patients themselves were not fully informed about all aspects of laparoscopic surgery including the possibility of conversion to open surgery, complications and advantages and after care. There is therefore a dire need for improvement of patient education to assist patients gaining optimal recovery / Health Studies / M.A. (Health Studies)