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Summary
Operation Fascination educates children about the perioperative experience, bridging a gap in community health education. This program enhances understanding and addresses misconceptions for school-age children.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Health Education
- Surgical Nursing
- Community Outreach Programs
Background:
- Limited resources exist for perioperative education tailored to school-age children outside healthcare settings.
- Understanding children's misconceptions about the perioperative process is crucial for effective education.
- Bridging the gap between healthcare institutions and community educational settings is needed.
Purpose of the Study:
- To introduce and describe Operation Fascination, an educational initiative focused on the perioperative experience for school-age children.
- To enhance children's comprehension of the perioperative journey through integration into school and community curricula.
- To increase perioperative nurses' awareness of common misconceptions held by school-age children.
Main Methods:
- Development and implementation of the "Operation Fascination" program.
- Integration of perioperative education into school and extracurricular curricula.
- Literature review to identify existing educational gaps.
Main Results:
- Operation Fascination was successfully developed and initiated.
- The program addresses a noted deficiency in perioperative education for children within community settings.
- Identified benefits include improved child understanding and nurse awareness.
Conclusions:
- Operation Fascination provides a valuable model for community-based perioperative education.
- Implementing such programs is important for demystifying the surgical experience for children.
- Further development and dissemination of this program can benefit pediatric patient education.