RESUMEN
When considering the postoperative care of surgical patients, there are three time periods that are important for both the patient's wellbeing and the planning of nursing care. These are termed the immediate recovery period, the intermediate stage of dependency, and the more long-term process of returning to normality. This article concentrates on the first of these stages.
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Evaluación en Enfermería , Enfermería Perioperatoria/métodos , Cuidados Posoperatorios/métodos , Sesgo , Humanos , Monitoreo Fisiológico , Reproducibilidad de los Resultados , Factores de TiempoRESUMEN
Health-care providers and purchasers have been concerned with developing methods to assure the quality of the service provided in clinical contexts. Crucial to this is the integration of multidisciplinary clinical audit techniques which facilitate good practice.
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Competencia Clínica/normas , Auditoría de Enfermería , Enfermería Perioperatoria/normas , Humanos , Evaluación de Resultado en la Atención de Salud , Garantía de la Calidad de Atención de SaludRESUMEN
The tendency for surgery and associated nursing care to become short-stay is driven by so many considerations (of both dubious and desirable kinds) that it may be useful to attempt a little stock-taking on previous patterns of day operating and, by consulting a crystal ball, to consider possible implications for nursing and patient aftercare.