Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques, and Equipment

Perioperative Nursing

Nursing care of the surgical patient before, during, and after surgery.

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Abstract

Nursing care of the surgical patient before, during, and after surgery.

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Synonyms

4 entry terms
  • Nursing, Perioperative
  • Surgical Nursing
  • Perianesthesia Nursing
  • Nursing, Perianesthesia

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Aspects Covered

11 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

OPERATING ROOM NURSING is also available

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History Note

1996 (1968); for PERIOPERATIVE NURSING use OPERATING ROOM NURSING 1988-1995

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Previous Indexing

  • Nursing Care (1966-1967)
  • Operating Rooms (1966-1967)
  • Surgical Procedures, Operative (1966-1967)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Perioperative Nursing. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013527. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013527
  2. Perioperative Nursing. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perioperative_nursing
  3. Perioperative Nursing. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7168673