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Brave new world

13 October 1999

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This week’s National Association of Theatre Nurses’ annual congress will be an opportunity to explore how the changes in theatre nursing reflect wider changes in...

Why nursing students need an allocation to operating theatres

14 October 1998

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Student placements in operating theatres are being discontinued in some hospitals. Here, the author explores the reasons for this and highlights what nursing...

Quality in theatre care: a critical analysis

08 October 1997

Nursing Standard

Conference focus: theatre nursing

A review of some of the nursing literature on ‘quality’ reveals the lack of a universally applicable definition and a variety of ideas about what constitutes quality...

How theatre nurses perceive their role: a study

18 November 1998

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

The role of the nurse in the operating theatre has always seemed ambiguous to the general public. There is some doubt that the job theatre nurses do is even nursing....

Inadvertent hypothermia: is it just a perioperative problem?

13 October 1999

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Patients undergoing surgery run the added risk of inadvertent hypothermia. This article suggests that simple measures undertaken in the ward can prevent this serious...

Competency-based learning for the surgical assistant

04 February 1998

Nursing Standard

Education

The Norfolk and Norwich Healthcare NHS Trust identified the need for an outcome-based, multidisciplinary education and training strategy following a training needs...

Pre-operative visits to reduce patient anxiety: a study

28 February 1996

Nursing Standard

Theatre nursing

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of pre-operative visits by theatre nurses on pre- and post-operative levels of anxiety in two groups of general...

The theatre nurse: getting the image right

14 October 1998

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

In this article, the authors provide an overview of the perceptions of theatre nursing, the current role and ways in which this may develop in the future.

The effects of giving patients pre-operative information

27 March 2002

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Background A literature review was undertaken to establish the effects on surgery patients’ anxiety levels of giving them information before they attend theatre....

The nurse-patient relationship in the post-anaesthetic care unit

05 January 2010

Nursing Standard

Art & science

Abstract Aim To explore how post-anaesthetic care (PAC) nurses perceive their role, acknowledging the activities that they undertake routinely in their practice....