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- Title
Early feeding protocol in elective colorectal surgery.
- Authors
Dummigan, Charlotte
- Abstract
Modern, surgical, early feeding protocols recommend that patients eat within a few hours of having elective colorectal surgery. However, in clinical practice, compliance with this protocol has been poor. Nurses deliver the care and spend the most time with patients after surgery. Yet, very little research has been carried out on the nurses’ perceptions toward the early feeding protocols. Since perceptions influence belief systems and behaviour, the aim of this research is to investigate whether there is a correlation between nurses’ perceptions of the protocol and the consequent poor patient compliance with it.
- Subjects
COLON tumors; LEGAL compliance; CONVALESCENCE; ENTERAL feeding; INGESTION; PARENTERAL feeding; POSTOPERATIVE care; PROFESSIONS; RECTUM tumors; TIME; SYSTEMATIC reviews
- Publication
Gastrointestinal Nursing, 2014, Vol 12, Issue 9, p15
- ISSN
1479-5248
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12968/gasn.2014.12.9.15