Current methods used in surgery patient education: not disease centered, patient centered education

Abstract

Surgery, due to its significant physical and psychological stress creates fear and causes anxiety and depression in patients. The patient starts to experience fear of the unknown by the time he accepts to undergo a surgical procedure. Patient has an intense anxiety before, during and after the surgery. This causes patients to feel themselves vulnerable. Patient education, which is one of the professional nursing roles, plays a key role to improve the quality of care and relieve the patient. This article intends to draw attention to the importance of the current methods used in the surgical patient education and the training methods, in order to make a contribution to the literature.