• Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 610041, P.R.China;
CHE Guowei, Email: guowei_che@yahoo.com
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Objective  To analyze the nurses' current view and perceptions of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) by a questionnaire and to promote the clinical application of ERAS. Methods  We conducted a questionnaire study for nurses who attended the First West China Forum on Chest ERAS in Chengdu during September 26-27, 2016 and 259 questionnaires were collected for descriptive analysis. Results  (1) The application status of ERAS: There were 13.5% responders whose hospital took a wait-an-see attitude, while the others' hospital took different actions for ERAS; 85.7% of nurses believed that ERAS in all surgeries should be used; 58.7% of nurses believed that the concept of ERAS was more in theory than in the practice; 40.2% of nurses thought that all patients were suitable for the application of ERAS; (2) 81.9% of nurses believed that the evaluation criteria of ERAS should be a combination of the average hospital stay, patients’ comprehensive feelings and social satisfaction; (3) 70.7% of nurses thought that the combination of subjects integration, surgery orientation and surgeon-nurse teamwork was the best model of ERAS; 44.8% of nurses thought the hospital administration was the best way to promote ERAS applications; (4) 69.1% of responders believed that immature plan, no consensus and norms and insecurity for doctors were the reasons for poor compliance of ERAS; 79.5% of nurses thought that the ERAS meeting should include the publicity of norms and consensus, analysis and implementation of projects and the status and progress of ERAS. Conclusion  ERAS concept has been recognized by most nurses. Multidisciplinary collaboration and hospital promotion is the best way to achieve clinical applications.

Citation: LI Xia, YANG Mei, DU Na, JI Yanli, LI Jie, SHEN Cheng, CHE Guowei. The opinion of nurse on enhanced recovery after surgery in thoracic surgery: A questionnaire survey. Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2017, 24(8): 622-625. doi: 10.7507/1007-4848.201701045 Copy

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