GETTING YOUR CHILD READY FOR OUTPATIENT SURGERY [Paperback]

Jerry C. Vaughan (Author)

Book Description

If your child is having outpatient surgery for the first time, this delightful book details the surgical experience they will encounter in a positive, educational, and enlightening way. Parents and children will enjoy learning about each step involved in the outpatient surgical process. Each area of the outpatient surgery center will be covered and presented in a nurturing way to the child. Photos and colorful illustrations enhance this book greatly.

Editorial Reviews

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"This book details how to prepare the patient and family for this experience in a warm and caring fashion." -- George W. Holcomb, III, MD, MBA

About the Author

Jerry Vaughan resides in Nashville, TN with his wife and three children. He grew up in Nashville and graduated from Auburn University in 1981 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration. He has enjoyed a nineteen-year sales career in the medical field working with orthopedic and neurological surgeons. Jerry was inspired to write this book after witnessing a child in the operating room who was frantic about having surgery. While writing this book, his goal was to provide photos, illustrations, and accurate information that benefits both the child and parents. He hopes this book will educate, reduce anxiety, and lessen the trauma for children and parents experiencing the surgical process for the first time.

Product Details

• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Jerry C. Vaughan (July 1, 2004)
• ISBN-10: 2004104724
• ISBN-13: 978-2004104724
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 8.1 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #211,397 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Reviewof Getting Your Child Ready for Outpatient Surgery, August 17, 2008

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Peinurse "HSM" (canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: GETTING YOUR CHILD READY FOR OUTPATIENT SURGERY (Paperback)

This book was a fabulous resource. As a pediatric nurse, I realize that picture books are a great resource for preparing kids for procedures. This book was purchased to help prepare my 4 1/2yr old for outpatient surgery. We talked about the pictures (both photos and pictures drawn by the 9yr old in the book), and what was going to happen at the hospital/each step. I left out the parts about the needles, bloodwork as I knew my son would not be receiving that. I felt he was very prepared and was not scared of the doctors, nurses etc. He even went with the OR nurse by himself without crying for us. We are actually discussing using this book as a pre surgery resource for kids in our Pre-surgery clinic. The clinic thought it was great as well.
Highly recommended!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Book, February 10, 2011

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A. Ruiz (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: GETTING YOUR CHILD READY FOR OUTPATIENT SURGERY (Paperback)

Good book, with real-life pictures, not cartoon drawings. I'm hoping this will help my child make the connection between the book, and what will be happening to her.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful book, November 20, 2008

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Mich C. (Edmond, OK USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: GETTING YOUR CHILD READY FOR OUTPATIENT SURGERY (Paperback)

We got this book for my 6 yr. old who had to have outpatient surgery. The step by step, detailed descriptions (but not TOO detailed) of the process from start to finish were very comforting to him. What seemed like a scary idea at first became no big deal. He actually looked forward to going (wish I could say the same for us, his parents!)