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# Perioperative nursing

Before, during and after surgery: preparation, theatre roles, recovery and complications.

7 pages

## Fundamental

- [**Enhanced recovery after surgery: the nursing elements** Enhanced recovery is a bundle of proven steps before, during and after surgery that helps…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/enhanced-recovery-after-surgery-the-nursing-elements/)
- [**Intraoperative nursing: scrub and circulating roles, positioning and counts** In the operating room one nurse works inside the sterile field and another outside it, and…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/intraoperative-nursing-scrub-and-circulating-roles-positioning-and-counts/)

## Assessment

- [**Immediate recovery after anaesthesia: monitoring and discharge criteria** In the recovery room the nurse watches breathing first, then circulation, consciousness, pain…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/immediate-recovery-after-anaesthesia-monitoring-and-discharge-criteria/)
- [**Postoperative complications: recognising them and when to call** Most postoperative complications give early warning signs; the nurse finds them by regular…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/postoperative-complications-recognising-them-and-when-to-call/)
- [**The surgical wound: healing, dehiscence and infection** A closed surgical wound usually heals in weeks; the nurse protects it, watches for infection and…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/the-surgical-wound-healing-dehiscence-and-infection/)

## Safe practice

- [**Postoperative care on the ward: the first 24–48 hours** On the ward the nurse helps the patient breathe deeply, move early, control pain and eat again…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/postoperative-care-on-the-ward-the-first-24-48-hours/)
- [**Preoperative care: assessment, teaching, fasting, skin preparation and the checklist** Before surgery the nurse assesses the patient, teaches them what to expect, and prepares their…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/preoperative-care-assessment-teaching-fasting-skin-preparation-and-the-checklist/)

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