Perioperative care and the role of the theater nurse: a Swedish perspective.
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.
Hjelm-Karisson
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Department of Nursing, University College of Caring Health Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.
Lundbäck
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Linder
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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