Monitoring, assessment and observation skills are essential in postoperative care. Nurses can support patients recovering from surgery and identify complications Abstract Postoperative care is provided by peri-operative nurses. They are often experienced in a specialised area of surgery that requires specific care for the intervention performed. This article, the first in a two-part series, identifies the principles of postoperative nursing care. These remain reasonably consistent over the years but nurses must ensure they keep up to date with guidelines, policies and evidence-based practice. Citation: Liddle C (2013) Postoperative care 1: principles of monitoring postoperative patients. Nursing Times; 109: 22, 24-26. Author: Cathy Liddle is senior lecturer, school of professional practice, department of skills and simulation, Birmingham City University. This article has been double-blind peer reviewed Scroll down to read the article or download a print-friendly PDF including any tables and figures Read part 2 of this series here
To continue reading this clinical article please log in or subscribe. Already have an account, click here to sign in During the perioperative period, specialised nursing care is needed during each phase of treatment. For nurses to give effective and competent care, they need to understand the full perioperative experience for the patient.
This extract is from the Pre and Post-Operative Care tutorial authored by Sally Moyle, BNurs, MNurs, RN, CNS. The complete tutorial on Pre and PostoOperative Care discusses the information presented here in more detail and covers preoperative preparation, surgical risk factors, preoperative checklist including consent, patient with special considerations, barriers to effective preoperative care and complications of surgery. Even if you do not work in this specialised area of nursing, this is an informative tutorial to undertake as it gives detailed information of the patient’s surgical experience from beginning to end.Reading this excerpt and reflecting on it will give you 30 minutes toward your annual CPD requirements. Undertaking the complete tutorial will give you 2.5 hours of CPD. To access the complete tutorial go to http://anmf.cliniciansmatrix.com. If you have any questions, please contact the ANMF at . This article was republished with permission from the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation. (1) Koutoukidis et al 2017: Koutoukidis, G. Stainton, K and Hughson, J. 2017. Tabbner’s Nursing Care: Theory and Practice, 7th edn. Elsevier: Chatswood (2) Koutoukidis et al 2012: Koutoukidis, G. Stainton, K and Hughson, J (eds) 2017; Tollefson et al 2012 – Tollefson, J. Bishop T, Jelly E, Watson G, and Tambree K, 2012: Essential Clinical Skills, 2nd edn. Cengage Learning South Melbourne. |