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PeriAnesthesia Nursing (Recovery Room Nursing)

 

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Nurses in this field provide support and care for patients awakening from anesthesia after surgery. These nurses must prepare patients for surgery, monitor them while under anesthesia, and assist them in their transition to responsiveness.

Mary M.

Somers Point, NJ
PACU

I first thought about nursing after seeing a picture of my grandmother from the early 1900s dressed in her starched white apron and cap. She had emigrated from Ireland and was ...

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What is PeriAnesthesia Nursing?

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Articles:

The State of Ambulatory Surgery and Perianesthesia Nursing

Ethical Issues in Perianesthesia Nursing

Organizations:

American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses

Regional PeriAnesthesia Societies

Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing

American Society of Anesthesiologists

American Association of Nurse Anesthetists

American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia (SAMBA)

 

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