{"title":"Walk or be driven? A study on walking patients to the operating theatre.","authors":"Mary Keegan-Doody","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The objective of this study was to determine patients' perception on the possibility of changing a tradition-based practice to a more patient empowering service, thus demonstrating that nurses can make a difference in providing a more patient-centred environment. The study revealed that the patients themselves wanted to be included in the decision-making process and actively embrace change.</p>","PeriodicalId":77061,"journal":{"name":"Canadian operating room nursing journal","volume":"25 2","pages":"30-1, 33-5, 38"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2007-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Canadian operating room nursing journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The objective of this study was to determine patients' perception on the possibility of changing a tradition-based practice to a more patient empowering service, thus demonstrating that nurses can make a difference in providing a more patient-centred environment. The study revealed that the patients themselves wanted to be included in the decision-making process and actively embrace change.