How Do You Make Perioperative Nursing Care Plans?
To assure the safety of patients undergoing an operation the nurse should always have a perioperative care plan. Nursing care plans are a road map of tasks the nurse will perform to provide quality patient care through the surgical procedure. The perioperative phase is defined as the time the patient enters the operating room until the time the patient leaves. The nursing care plan may be divided into three phases: the time before the surgery begins, the time during the surgery and the time after the surgery finishes. Below is a brief description on how to develop the three phases and what they should include for common and general surgical procedures. Individual surgical procedure requirements may be inserted as needed. Step 1 Be aware that before the operation begins the nursing responsibilities include positioning and securing the patient on the operating table and preparing them for induction of anesthesia. The nursing plan should include emotional care for the patient by explainin
