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- As surgical care evolves, so does the role of the registered nurse who assists with patient care in the operating room.
- Operating Room (OR) nurses are referred to as perioperative nurses to more accurately reflect their specialized duties.
- Perioperative nursing includes those activities performed by the professional registered nurse in the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative phases of surgery.
- Perioperative nurses are registered nurses (RNs) who work in hospital surgical departments, day-surgery units (also called ambulatory surgery), clinics and physicians’ offices. They work closely with the surgical patient, family members and other health-care professionals to help plan, implement and evaluate treatment.
