Nursing assistance patients cirurgicos: comparative evaluation

Abstract

The present paper had for aims to study the effects of the nursing aid given to surgery patients submitted to previously appointed surgeries through written communication instruments proposed by Araújo and Noronha/Noronha and Araújo (1998), to assess comparatively the quality of this aid given, during the Pre and Post surgery periods. The results obtained on this research prove that 89,3 % of the patients received nursing directions during the pre-surgery period and 89,3% during the post-surgery period; the most of the interviewees couldn’t identify the nursing professional responsible for the directions the periods surgery. There were complaints the nursing care given, but most of the patients classified that care as excellent or good.