title: General anesthesia: what the perioperative nurse needs to know.
abstract: General anesthesia represents a critical experience for the surgical patient. The implications of general anesthesia for perioperative nursing care are extensive and complex. The surgical patient's needs require the perioperative nurse to possess knowledge of the basic principles of general anesthesia and its complications.
authors: E V
authors: EV
authors: Lord
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009871:Operating Room Nursing / Q000379:methods*