title: Enhanced recovery after surgery and implications for nurse education.
abstract: This article examines three key aspects of the enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) initiative: improving pre-operative care, reducing the physical stress of surgery and increasing comfort after surgery. It also discusses changes in the role of the nurse and some of the implications for nurse education.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Midwifery and Physiotherapy, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham. mark.foss@nottingham.ac.uk
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Foss
mesh_terms: D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration; D024802:Nurse's Role; D011184:Postoperative Period; D013222:State Medicine; D013312:Stress, Physiological; D006113:United Kingdom