Follow-up Phone Calls After Pediatric Ambulatory Surgery for Tonsillectomy: What Can We Learn From Families?

Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 256-264

  Le, Thao ^a   Drolet, Julie ^a   Parayno, Elvie ^a   Rosmus, Christina ^a   Castiglione, Sonia ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

ambulatory surgery; pediatrics; research; tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; AFTERCARE; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CHILD; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PHARYNGITIS; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEPHONE; TONSILLECTOMY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; AFTERCARE; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PARENTS; PHARYNGITIS; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEPHONE; TONSILLECTOMY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34547127866     PISSN: 10899472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jopan.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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