title: Perioperative care and the role of the theater nurse: a Swedish perspective.
abstract: A model for perioperative care has been used in which the theater nurse visits the patient both before and after surgery. The model stresses a holistic patient view. Preoperative and postoperative visits enable the nurse to give and discuss detailed information about all aspects of the surgery. Experiences from using the model during the last 6 years are reported and discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, University College of Caring Health Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hjelm-Karisson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lundbäck
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Linder
mesh_terms: D018939:Holistic Nursing; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013548:Sweden