COMICS AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOLFOR CHILDREN UNDERGOING SURGERY: LITERATURE REVIEW

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Pediatric Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University

Abstract

Children undergoing surgery become more vulnerable to their needs; particularly
the psychological needs, becoming more susceptible to an emotional imbalance, anguish,
fear, which often translates into anxiety and depression. Anxiety needs to be overcome by
providing appropriate intervention, one of these is by providing education. Being informed
and having an accurate expectation through preparatory information produce cognitive
control that decreases the deleterious impact of the imminent stressors.This literature
aimed to present an overview summary of comics as a promising educational tool through
study the impact of preoperative education using comics on surgery-related children's
information and their preoperative anxiety level. Comics and graphic novels as educational
learning tools is still a fairly new field of research. Comicalstorytelling narrative may be
an innovative and interactive educational tool in today’s media-rich environment.

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