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“You may have heard the term “perioperative nursing”—this encompasses the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases of the patient’s surgical experience. This post will focus on the postoperative phase, which begins with the patient’s admission to the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) and ends once the anesthesia has worn off enough for the patient to be safely transferred to the appropriate nursing unit….” …
Continue ReadingPostoperative Care and the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU)
The deadliest time for many surgery patients isn’t when they’re on the operating table, it’s while they’re recovering in the hospital and after they go home, a new study suggests.
Continue ReadingRiskiest time for surgery patients is not in the operating room
Everyone wants to get you home safe and keep you healthy, but sometimes going home is a bad option.It’s in the medical team’s best interest to discharge you when you’re
Continue Reading10 Signs the Hospital Wants to Discharge You Too Early—and How to Fight It