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Perioperative Nursing
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Definition of 'Perioperative Nursing'Nursing care of the surgical patient before, during, and after surgery. Common names: Perioperative Nursing; Surgical Nursing; Nursing, Surgical; Nursing, Perioperative |
Saturday, November 21, 2009
29 Sep 2009 
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To examine the surgical nurse's role in preventing wound sepsis (infection) and how this was portrayed in nursing literature in the pre-antibiotic period, 1895-1935. BACKGROUND: While the history of infection control in general ... Read more...
30 Jul 2009 OBJECTIVE: Australia finds itself in the grip of its worst drought on record. The surgical profession has a responsibility to conserve water where possible. We tried to show how much water we saved through the simple measure of turning taps off ... Read more...
Perioperative nurses' perceptions and experiences of continuing professional education.
30 Jul 2009 This article presents an overview of perioperative nurses' perceptions and experiences of continuing professional education (CPE). Four themes emerged from 23 interviews: attitudes and culture (background); deciding to study (going in); student ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Perioperative Nursing'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Supporting or sabotaging the surgeon's efforts: portrayals of the surgical nurse's role in preventing wound sepsis, 1895-1935. 29 Sep 2009
- A crucial role as the patient's advocate.
30 Aug 2009 - Water conservation in surgery: a comparison of two surgical scrub techniques demonstrating the amount of water saved using a 'taps on/taps off' technique. 30 Jul 2009
- Perioperative nurses' perceptions and experiences of continuing professional education. 30 Jul 2009
- Perioperative communication. 30 Jul 2009
- Measuring agenda for change? 30 Jul 2009
- Paperwork before patient care. 30 Jul 2009
- Patient family-centered care in the ambulatory surgery setting. 30 Jul 2009
- Pain assessment and management in patients after abdominal surgery from PACU to the postoperative unit. 30 Jul 2009
- PNDS dashboard helps showcase Magnet accomplishments. 30 Jul 2009
- A synthesis of the literature on "competence" as it applies to perioperative nursing. 30 Jul 2009
- Double-gloving recommendations. 30 Jul 2009
- Safety: addressing inappropriate behavior in the perioperative workplace. 30 Jul 2009
- Serious games and perioperative nursing. 30 Jul 2009
- Mercy Ships brings help and hope to the world's poor. 30 Jul 2009
- Health promotion in nurses: is there a healthy nurse in the house? 30 Jul 2009
- The surgical treatment of trigeminal neuralgia: overview and experience at the University of Florida. 30 Jul 2009
- Mentorship: the experiences of a tutor in a pre-registration operating department practice education programme. 29 Jun 2009
- A people to people nursing experience in Russia. 29 Jun 2009
- Telesurgery: providing remote surgical observations for students. 29 Jun 2009
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Technical information about 'Perioperative Nursing'
Definition: Nursing care of the surgical patient before, during, and after surgery.
Descriptor UI: D013527
Alternative terms: Perioperative Nursing; Surgical Nursing; Nursing, Surgical; Nursing, Perioperative;
Related Mesh Headings: Operating Room Nursing; Postanesthesia Nursing;
Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics; education;
Tree Number: H02.478.676.650; N02.421.533.710; N02.421.585.722.500;
Online Note: use PERIOPERATIVE NURSING to search SURGICAL NURSING 1968-95; use OPERATING ROOM NURSING to search PERIOPERATIVE NURSING 1988-95
History Note: 96; was SURGICAL NURSING 1968-95; PERIOPERATIVE NURSING was see OPERATING ROOM NURSING 1988-95
Technical Notes: a nurs SPEC; OPERATING ROOM NURSING is also available; DF: PERIOP NURS