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COSTA, Veridiana Alves de Sousa Ferreira; SILVA, Sandra Cibelly Ferreira da  e  LIMA, Vívian Caroline Pimentel de. The pre-surgery anxiety of the patient:: the alliance between the nurse and psychologist. Rev. SBPH [online]. 2010, vol.13, n.2, pp. 282-298. ISSN 1516-0858.

An illness generally leads a person to a condition in which s/he faces a crisis, once it upsets the physical and psychological balance of the patients. The need of hospitalization and surgical intervention increases the power of the threats faced by these patients, making them experience moments of anxiety which interfere with course of their treatment and recovery. To this state of things, one adds the lack of information of the patients as a variable that can intensify the sense of anguish they experience. This paper aims to analyze and discuss through a revision of the literature the perceivable pre-surgery emotional state of patients in the eyes of nurses. The author points out the importance of such reflections to promote more human practices in the context of public health system. The focus of the current analysis is the actions of the nurses, which can minimize the fear and insecurity the patients, thus contributing with all the process of treatment. The visit of the nurse before the surgery (VNBS) and the pre-surgery assistance of the psychologist may constitute great allies in fighting the crisis by facilitating the patients’ recovery. Reflections of this nature may be good not only for nurses and psychologists, but also to all professionals in the health area, by making possible the offer of a service of better quality, but above all, a more human and caring service.

Palavras-chave : Pre-Surgery; Anxiety; Nursing; Psychology; Humanization.

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