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. 2010 Dec;16(4):215-23.
doi: 10.4258/hir.2010.16.4.215. Epub 2010 Dec 31.

Development of a nursing practice guideline for pre and post-operative care of gastric cancer patients

Mi-Ok Park  1 , Hyeoun-Ae Park
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Development of a nursing practice guideline for pre and post-operative care of gastric cancer patients

Mi-Ok Park et al. Healthc Inform Res. 2010 Dec.

Abstract

Objectives: The aim of this study was to develop nursing practice guidelines and algorithms for the pre- and postoperative care of gastric cancer patients.

Methods: The guidelines and algorithms were developed based on a literature review and subject-matter experts' knowledge. The usefulness and applicability of the developed guidelines and algorithms were evaluated by the expert group.

Results: The guidelines comprised 64 recommendations and algorithms for admission care, preoperative care on the day before the operation, preoperative care on the operation day, immediate postoperative assessment, postoperative care, and discharge care of gastric cancer patients. After appropriate evaluation, the experts declared the guidelines to be both useful and applicable.

Conclusions: The guidelines developed in this study can be used for patient care and for training nursing students and novice nurses. In addition, these guidelines can be integrated into the electronic nursing record system for clinical decision support in the future. This will improve the quality of clinical nursing and the expertise of nurses.

Keywords: Clinical Practice Guidelines; Gastric Cancer Patients; Postoperative Care; Preoperative Care.

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Conflict of interest statement

No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.

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Algorithm for the nursing practice guidelines developed for nursing care before surgery in gastric cancer patients.
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Figure 2
Algorithm for the nursing practice guidelines developed for nursing care after surgery in gastric cancer patients.
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Figure 3
Algorithm for nursing practice guidelines developed for the preventive care for venous thromboembolism.
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