Pediatric Nursing

SURGURICAL NURSING

A clinical nurse, also known as a theater nurse or scrub nurse, specializes in perioperative care, providing care to patients before, after and after surgery. Registered nurses or registered nurses must take additional training to become a theater nurse. There are different areas of specialization that theater nurses can work on, depending on where they work. The surgical nurse must accompany and assist the patient, physicians, surgical assistants, nurse anesthetists and nurse practitioners in several different processes during surgery. The nurse will help plan the patient and the operating room for surgery, preoperatively. They assist the anesthesiologist and surgeons as needed during surgery. The last stage is postoperative, with patients receiving adequate medication and medication.