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Principles of Rodent Surgery for the New Surgeon
Published on: January 6, 2011
Abstract:
1. Perioperative nurses are experts in attending to imminent physiological needs of patients. However, when these needs seem paramount, focus on a patient's feelings often become a lower priority. 2. Being cared for is a basic human need. Just as perceptions of needs vary among individuals, so do caring needs. It is essential that nurses value the components of caring and demonstrate caring from a holistic perspective. 3. OR nurses can communicate caring by identifying staff to patients, providing reassuring information, monitoring self-talk, touching the patient, and responding to the patient as an individual.
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