title: The perioperative practitioner.
abstract: This article demonstrates how patient care can be compromised when vital patient information is not communicated to the team in the operating theatre. It challenges practitioners to consider the information required to properly care for our patients. Several members of NATN were asked to comment on this article and these are reproduced at the end.
authors.affiliation: Christ Church University College, Canterbury.
authors.forename: Sally
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Couzens
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009871:Operating Room Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000458:organization & administration; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000451:nursing*; D014546:Urinary Catheterization; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014846:Vulvar Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*