{"title":"Operation Fascination.","authors":"B Pauly","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Operation Fascination is an educational program about the perioperative experience targeted at the school-age community. The goals are to help children gain a better understanding of the perioperative process by incorporating it in the school curriculum and extracommunity curricula and to make the perioperative nurse more aware of school-age children's misconceptions. A literature search showed that little has been written about perioperative education of school-age children outside the health care institution. Therefore, this article shares the development and initiation of Operation Fascination as well as describes the importance and benefits of offering this type of program to the community.</p>","PeriodicalId":77223,"journal":{"name":"Journal of post anesthesia nursing","volume":"10 2","pages":"89-93"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18724391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Notes from the American Society of Anesthesiologists annual meeting.","authors":"S A Goodwin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77223,"journal":{"name":"Journal of post anesthesia nursing","volume":"10 2","pages":"118-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18723893","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Out-of-body experience in a patient emerging from anesthesia.","authors":"D A Jackson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Most PACU nurses do not have the opportunity to talk to their patients about their anesthetic experiences after surgery. This case study discusses one patient's experience as told to the author (an anesthesia nurse clinician) during a postoperative visit.</p>","PeriodicalId":77223,"journal":{"name":"Journal of post anesthesia nursing","volume":"10 1","pages":"27-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18709671","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reading research critically: assessing the validity and reliability of research instrumentation--Part 1.","authors":"M Giuffre","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Meaningful measurement of events in a research study depends on the use of valid and reliable measurement tools. This article discusses the nature of validity, types of validity, and how researchers demonstrate the validity of their instruments to the reader.</p>","PeriodicalId":77223,"journal":{"name":"Journal of post anesthesia nursing","volume":"10 1","pages":"33-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18709673","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Do not resuscitate: informed consent in the operating room and postanesthesia care unit.","authors":"M Golanowski","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The perioperative nursing team needs clear direction regarding the surgical patient's do-not-resuscitate (DNR) status. It is unreasonable to expect health care givers to make ethical decisions at a time of crisis such as cardiopulmonary arrest in the OR or PACU. Patients maintain their right to make health care decisions even on entry into the surgical suite. Therefore, the decision to maintain or rescind a patient's DNR status must be made in conjunction with the operative consent if that consent is to be an informed consent.</p>","PeriodicalId":77223,"journal":{"name":"Journal of post anesthesia nursing","volume":"10 1","pages":"9-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18709677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Women working with women.","authors":"A Allen","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>More women than ever before are working outside their homes. Many of these women are caught in a conflict between internal needs, desires, and beliefs and external demands. Work can become merely a means to an end, a burden to be endured, or a satisfying aspect of our lives. Some strategies for creating and defining ourselves for ourselves are offered.</p>","PeriodicalId":77223,"journal":{"name":"Journal of post anesthesia nursing","volume":"10 1","pages":"41-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18709675","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the cardiac patient: a case study.","authors":"C Schmelzer, N L Stone","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become the standard procedure for the surgical management of cholelithiasis. Compared with open cholecystectomy, this procedure offers shorter hospital stays, shorter recovery time, better cosmetic results, and an overall reduction in health care cost for the patient. As the number of cardiac patients having elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy increases, it is important for the postanesthesia nurse to understand the postoperative assessment and nursing interventions these patients require. Congestive heart failure and acute pulmonary edema are two potential complications resulting from insufflation of the abdomen and intraoperative fluids. This case study of a cardiac patient undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy demonstrates important postanesthesia assessment parameters.</p>","PeriodicalId":77223,"journal":{"name":"Journal of post anesthesia nursing","volume":"10 1","pages":"18-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18709114","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reform, reengineering, recovery.","authors":"D L Geuder","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The current health care crisis has placed great demand on managers to redesign, reengineer, and reform systems and processes with the goal of achieving cost containment while maintaining quality. This article explores the use of concepts associated with these words to enhance the change process.</p>","PeriodicalId":77223,"journal":{"name":"Journal of post anesthesia nursing","volume":"10 1","pages":"38-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18709674","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Relaxation therapy: its potential as an intervention for acute postoperative pain.","authors":"D B Atsberger","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Given the complexity of pain processes, pain relief requires a creative and varied approach. Professional and governmental groups are supporting a holistic approach to pain that results in more positive outcomes for patients. Relaxation techniques provide clients with a strategy for reducing the stress, anxiety, and muscle tension related to pain. Understanding pain, anxiety, and relaxation provides the postanesthesia nurse with an alternative, nonpharmacological method of pain management.</p>","PeriodicalId":77223,"journal":{"name":"Journal of post anesthesia nursing","volume":"10 1","pages":"2-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18709115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Essential components of growth and development.","authors":"C Frederick, K M Reining","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations' standards require that documentation of age-appropriate care be done when a child or adolescent is treated, with particular attention given to growth and development, socialization, and other issues. The principles of growth and development from infancy to adolescence are discussed, including physical, psychological, and psychosocial needs. Nursing implications are presented to improve understanding of growth and developmental stages as well as provision of nursing care.</p>","PeriodicalId":77223,"journal":{"name":"Journal of post anesthesia nursing","volume":"10 1","pages":"12-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18709113","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}