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Metas de Enfermería

Metas de Enfermería

SEPTIEMBRE 2002 N° 48 Volumen 5

Protocol for nursing care in anaesthesia

Section: Featured Articles

How to quote

Carricondo MI. Protocolo de actuación de la enfermera del Servicio de Anestesia. Metas de Enfermería sep 2002; 5(7): 55-62

Authors

Mª Isabel Carricondo Martínez

Position

Enfermera del Servicio de Anestesia y Reanimación del Hospital Torrecárdenas de Almería.

Contact address

C/ Costa Dorada , nº 18. 04009 Almería.

Abstract

Surgical Nursing care during anesthesia in the OR is characterized by the little contact that the nursing professional has with the conscious patient, as the patient is in a deep state of unconsciousness for most of the time and thus it is the nurse´s responsability, together with the rest of the staff, to look after the safety of the patient while in the OR.

This article tries to describe in detail the habitual sequence of nursing procedures in the Anesthesia and Recovery Unit in the Operating Room, with the aim of increasing the quality of care provided to the patient.

Keywords:

protocol; anesthesia; operating roomnursing procedures

Versión en Español

Título:

Protocolo de actuación de la enfermera del Servicio de Anestesia