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Perioperative Nurses provide for the surgical patient's needs, by assessing, planning, and implementing nursing care patient receives preoperatively, intraoperatively, and postoperatively. Nursing activities performed by the perioperative nurse include patient assessment, creating and maintaining a sterile and safe environment, preoperative and postoperative teaching, monitoring physiologic and psychological status, integration and coordination of care across settings and among disciplines, patient advocacy, and efficient provision of resources.
Weighing the options
Not having the appropriate equipment, training, knowledge and protocols to care for obese surgical patients can threaten the well-being and safety of both patients and staff. Read more »
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- Promoting a Culture of Safety to Prevent Me… CE498
- Caring for the Postanesthesia Patient CE115-60
- Safe Labeling Helps Prevent OR Errors CE435
- Caring for Women Experiencing Hysterecto… CE154-60
- Apply Perioperative Evidence-Based Practice… CE644
- Safety First : The Joint Commission’s Natio… CE611
- Bariatric Surgery Update CE267-60
- From 'Distress' to 'De-stress' With Stress … CE424
- Surviving and Thriving with Conflict on … CE112-60
- Earning Degrees By Distance Education CE171-60
- Staying Cool Under Fire: How Well Do You… CE344-60
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- The Art of Suggestion: The Power of Posi… CE331-60
- Psychological Support for Patients with … CE295-60
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- Understanding the Challenges of Prostate… CE275-60
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- Succession Planning in Nursing: Who Are Tom… CE622
- Pain Management Basics CE648
- The Entry to Practice Debate: When Will We… WEB104
- Preparing New Grads for Entry Into Profess… WEB105
- FINALLY! EBP, Research and QI/PI Made Simp… WEB106
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Opinion: Special nurses, special patients
Perioperative nurses see a lot, do a lot and manage a lot. They stay on top of advances and changes in the way surgical procedures are performed and understand how to care for patients who undergo these procedures. Read more »
The big push
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Institute of Medicine’s report “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health” calls for 80% of nurses to hold baccalaureate degrees by 2020, but is this goal attainable? Across the country, that answer varies, but the push to bring the numbers upward is happening in individual states. Read more »
Norovirus most common cause of hospital outbreaks
Norovirus was responsible for 18.2% of all infection outbreaks and 65% of unit closures in U.S. hospitals during a two-year period, according to a new study. Read more »
- Rates of VTE after surgery vary by procedure type
- Roux-en-Y gastric bypass superior to banding in study
- AORN issues recommendations on medication safety
- Study: Anticoagulant increases risk of MI, ACS
- Young heart patients fare better at busier hospitals
- Guideline: Test all patients for hyperglycemia
- Study: Bariatric surgery lowers risk of MI, stroke
- AORN salary survey finds increase from prior year
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