title: Applying nursing theory to perioperative nursing practice.
abstract: The perioperative nursing role has evolved from that of task-oriented specialists to patient-centered professionals. The concept of caring is significant to perioperative nurses and is manifested by the many caring behaviors perioperative nurses demonstrate toward surgical patients. This article describes how the element of caring is an essential function of perioperative nursing and relates the perioperative nursing role to the work of three nursing theorists (le, Florence Nightingale; Virginia Henderson, RN, AM; Carol L. Montgomery, RN, PhD).
authors.affiliation: US Army Nurse Corps, 121st General Hospital, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Gillette
mesh_terms: D006676:History of Nursing; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009742:Nursing Theory; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000266:history / Q000592:standards