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Table 4 Nurse’s responses on the practice of preoperative patient teaching in Northwest Amhara Comprehensive Specialized Referral Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia 2022 (N = 406)

From: Knowledge, practice, and associated factors of preoperative patient teaching among surgical unit nurses, at Northwest Amhara Comprehensive Specialized Referral Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia, 2022

Preoperative patient teaching

Never

Sometimes

Always

No

%

No

%

No

%

Do you teach patients undergoing surgery within a specific time before surgery

56

13.8

116

28.6

234

28

Do you teach your patients about fasting time before undergoing surgery

76

18.7

166

40.9

164

40.4

Do you educate your patients about perioperative medications

81

20

173

42.6

152

37.4

Do you explain to your patients the types of anesthesia to use during surgery

131

32.3

165

40.6

110

27.1

Do you teach your patients regarding the perioperative environment to patients before surgery

92

22.7

159

39.2

155

38.2

Do you explain to the patient before undergoing surgery about the management of post-operative pain

119

29.3

167

41.1

120

29.6

Do you teach patients undergoing surgery about skin hygiene on the day of surgery

85

20.9

168

41.4

153

37.7

Do you teach your patients undergoing surgery that should leave valuables and remove all jewelry such as dentures, glasses, contact lenses, prostheses, makeup, nail polish, hairpins, or hairpiece before going into the operating room for surgery

42

10.3

186

45.8

177

43.6

Do you teach your patients differently than you teach their family members

138

34

165

40.6

103

25.4

Do you use teaching materials when providing preoperative patient teaching

165

40.6

151

37.2

90

22.2

Do you inform surgical patients about postoperative activity restrictions

116

28.6

157

38.7

133

32.8

Do you instruct preoperative patients about postoperative deep breathing and coughing

107

26.4

178

43.8

121

29.8

Do you verify the preparedness of patients before surgery

101

24.9

135

33.7

170

41.9

Do you keep a recording of the education

145

35.7

143

35.2

118

29.1