Post-Operative Management and Nursing Care Using The Nursing Process Part 1

1. POST -ANESTHESIA RECOVERY ROOM

What is Recovery Room?

Recovery room is an area located in the OR for the management of patients recovering from anesthesia. Recovery room also called as post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) recovery room.

Purpose of the recovery room is to provide ongoing evaluation and stabilization of clients to anticipate, prevent, and treat complications after surgery.

This is important because the immediate post-operative phase has been associated with preventable problems which can result in death of the patient if left unattended or delayed.

What is a PACU Nurse?

The PACU nurse is skilled in the care of clients with multiple medical and surgical problems that can occur following a surgical procedure.

Personnel

• Anesthetist;
• Dedicated R/Ns one nurse to one patient; nurses must be familiar with nursing unconscious patients. She must vigilant to identify post-op problems; able to institute remedial action while waiting for Anesthetist.