Standardized surgical nursing care guideline

Abstract

This SOP on perioperative nursing care has been written for nurse professionals who work in a perioperative setting. It provides general guideline regarding the role of the surgical/general nurse practitioner working in perioperative environment to the delivery of effective patient care. Thus, this will serve key patient purposes: to provide a better understanding of the needs of surgical patient’s preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperatively; and to provide insight into surgical interventions that can affect patient outcome directly.