Perioperative nursing care for adolescents: a scoping review

ABSTRACT Objective: To map the scientific production of perioperative nursing aimed at adolescents. Method: A scoping review based on JBI guidelines and recommendations from the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses for Scoping Reviews. The search took place between February and March 2023 in 05 databases and in gray literature. Results: Nineteen studies were included, 13 articles and 6 works from gray literature. The results demonstrated the importance of systematizing nursing care for adolescents with actions that aim to include them in care and prepare them for their surgical trajectory with a view to reducing anxiety and respecting individualities. Actions such as the use of integrative and complementary therapies, insertion of educational technologies and adaptation of the environment for neuroatypical adolescents were also identified. As a gap, there is a lack of studies specifically aimed at adolescents, encompassing their care for the pediatric population. Conclusion: The scoping review mapped studies produced by nursing on perioperative care for adolescents and indicated the use of strategies to individualize care, reduce perioperative anxiety and promote engagement and involvement of surgical patients. It is necessary to expand the number of studies and interventions that are specific to adolescents.