title: The practice of nursing theory in the operating room.
abstract: Nursing theory is a set of ideas, experiences, or observations regarding how and why nurses engage in certain activities and exhibit various behavioral attributes in providing patient care. The individualized caregiving activities perioperative nurses express during all phases of the surgical experience are supported by nursing theory.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dunlap
mesh_terms: D004645:Empathy; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009736:Nursing Process; D009742:Nursing Theory; D009871:Operating Room Nursing