Surgical Stress

A perioperative nurse liaison program for cancer patients and their families

Published in Cancer Weekly, March 11th, 2003

"Cancer surgery causes stress and anxiety for families and patients," researchers in the United States report.

"Knowing that communication between family and health care professionals is traditionally fragmented during the perioperative period, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center developed a family-centered program to improve information exchange.

"This article describes the Perioperative Clinical Nurse Specialist program and the process by which ongoing communication of clinical information and psychosocial support for waiting relatives occurs," wrote M.F. Cunningham and colleagues.

The researchers concluded: "Good...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2003-03-11)

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