Parental perceptions in pediatric cardiac fast-track surgery

AORN J. 2009 Apr;89(4):725-31. doi: 10.1016/j.aorn.2008.11.029.

Abstract

This project investigated parents' and caregivers' perceptions of the fast-track surgery process with regard to their child's surgical procedure and hospital stay. The goal of this project was to review and improve the fast-track process. Participants were parents/caregivers of pediatric patients (ie, younger than 18 years) who had undergone a low-complexity cardiac surgical procedure on a fast-track basis at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, United Kingdom, between January 2006 and January 2008. Findings suggest that parents/caregivers overestimate the time it takes for several key milestones in the fast-track process to occur and that there is a need for preoperative and preadmission education that will allow parents/caregivers to be more involved in their child's care.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Attitude to Health*
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures / nursing*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Early Ambulation*
  • Hospitals, Pediatric
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • London
  • Parents*
  • Perioperative Care / nursing*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Time Factors