Australian perioperative nursing at Royal Adelaide Hospital.

Abstract

1. The acronym PRODUCTS has been established to integrate into practice beliefs about perioperative nursing at Royal Adelaide Hospital in Australia. 2. The nursing practice model used focuses on the essential components, interdependence, and crossover components of clinical practice, management, and education aspects of nursing. 3. An emphasis has been placed on valuing the expertise within the clinical team, and providing all nurses with a framework to further develop their nursing care and clinical competence.