Preoperative Education Report: Strategies for Patient Education

This report focuses on the significance of preoperative education for patients undergoing the Hartmann’s procedure, emphasizing its role in enhancing patient satisfaction and postoperative management. It outlines crucial topics for patient education, including potential surgical complications, bowel function, lifestyle adjustments, and stoma care. The report details the Hartmann’s procedure, its implications, and potential complications. Strategies for effective patient education are discussed, such as using plain language with visuals and incorporating eHealth technology to support patient understanding and self-management. The teach-back method is highlighted as a key tool for assessing patient comprehension and ensuring adherence to medical advice, thereby improving patient outcomes. The report references several studies and resources to support the importance of preoperative education.

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2a. Preoperative education is important for every patient to enhance satisfaction and patient
management after surgery, ("Pre-operative education,"). In regard to the physiology of the
Hartmann’s procedure, the topics that Mr. Dwight should be educated include, the expected
complications after surgery, bowel function and bowel obstruction, lifestyle change after surgery
for example a changed body image and education on stoma which includes how to look after it
and prevent infection, (Elfeki et al., 2018, p. 23).
Preoperative education on these topics will help Mr. Dwight in reduction of postoperative
complications risk occurrence. It also makes individuals to actively participate in their recovery
and gain a sense of control when they feel that things are getting out of their control, (Gray,
Ferris, White, Duncan, & Baumle, 2018).
A Hartmann’s procedure is performed on emergency situations of rectum or sigmoid colon
diseases. It involves the removal of the diseased area and a colostomy is needed and later two
more operations to return bowel movements to normal, (Pomazkin, 2016 p. 23).
Mr. Dwight should be educated on what colostomy is, the closure of the colostomy and how
ileostomy closure is done.
The complications of the surgery are minor while others are life threatening. These
complications are related to anesthetic and others related to surgery. They include bleeding,
infections, bowel obstruction, wound hernia, deep vein thrombosis and even death, (Liu, 2015 p.
40).
2b. One of the strategies to offer this education to Mr. Dwight include communication using
plain language with visuals and images to make it easy for Mr. Dwight to understand
everything involved in their surgery due to their old age, (Cayci & Erdogdu, 2017 p. 56).
Colostomy is associated with several risks and preparing Mr. Dwight psychologically through

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effective communication of the risks could be of a very great help. These risks include the risk of
bleeding, infections, death, hernia or bowel obstruction, (Liu, 2015 p. 40). Through establishing
an effective communication platform that he can easily comprehend, there shall be a room of Mr.
Dwight to express their concerns about their operation and discuss them with the nursing team or
the surgeon, (Cayci & Erdogdu, 2017 p.57).
Another strategy is using eHealth technology which shall help Mr. Dwight solve the unmet needs
from the general and cancer care, (Blossom & Neal, 2018 p. 80). Mr. Dwight is taught on how to
access health information online through the use of online tools for interactive and
communication processes. Mr. Dwight is taught via this strategy on self-management and how to
optimize active continuous self-care and improve prolonged monitoring. This leads to improved
well-being, establishment of a good patient-clinician communication and lowers distress of
symptoms, (Blossom & Neal, 2018 p. 80).
2c. To find out whether Mr. Dwight understands the education provided, as a registered nurse I
should use the teach – back method, (Nichols, 2018, p. 20). This method shall help me in
improving the understanding and adherence of Mr. Dwight and improve his satisfaction and
outcomes. During the process, I establish a communication process to offer information and then
ask him to confirm his understanding of the content before I add further information. He should
ask questions or express what he needs to know about his condition. Through the teaching back
method, I should also ask Mr. Dwight open – ended questions that start with why or what but
those do not need a yes or No answers.
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Cayci, H. M., & Erdogdu, U. E. (2017). Importance of preoperative hematological parameters in
patients undergoing surgical resection for colorectal cancer. The European Research
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Elfeki, H., Thyø, A., Nepogodiev, D., Pinkney, T. D., White, M., Laurberg, S., & Christensen,
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Gray, S., Ferris, L., White, L. E., Duncan, G., & Baumle, W. (2018). Foundations of Nursing:
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Liu, F. (2015). Nursing of colostomy complications. World Chinese Journal of
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Nichols, C. (2018). Increasing Nurses' Knowledge and Confidence Using the Teach-back
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Pomazkin, V. I. (2016). RISK FACTORS OF COMPLICATIONS IN RECONSTRUCTIVE
OPERATIONS AFTER HARTMANN PROCEDURE. Koloproktologia, (3), 37-42.
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