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)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:umkn-dsp01.int.unisa.ac.za:10500/11968 |
| Date | January 1900 |
| Creators | Bhagirathee, Pravina Devi |
| Contributors | Potgieter, E. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Format | 1 online resource (xi, 131 leaves) |
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