Journal of Perioperative & Critical Intensive Care Nursing
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Department of Nursing and Medical Care, Keio University, Fujisawa, Japan

Publications

• Research Article   
  A Study of Nursing Practices of Operating Room Circulating Nurses in Japan: A Focus on Patient Support
  Author(s): Ai Matsuzaki*
  
  Background: In Japan, in 1999, there was a "patient mix-up" in which two patients undergoing surgery had their lung and heart operations mistaken for each other. This medical malpractice triggered a growing concern for patient safety and became a social issue as the cause of the accident and the fragility of the medical care delivery system were revealed. Subsequently, the sedatives that had been administered preoperatively were no longer used, and patients began to walk into the operating room. With these changes, circulating nurses are expected to do their best to identify patients and care for them so that they can safely, and faces their surgeries in peace of mind. Objective: This study aims to describe how circulating nurses in the OR (Operating Room) determine patients’ needs and provide care from the time a patient ent.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2471-9870.23.9.218

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