Flexible approaches needed to reduce children's pre-operative anxiety
Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - 16:31
in Health & Medicine
A survey of nurses anaesthetists in Sweden identified difficulties in preparing children for surgery but also found that when the hospital and the staff were flexible in their approaches, the children's anxiety could be reduced. These approaches included varying the operation schedule, provided it do not create risk to the child, and pre-surgical visits with operating staff.