Cognitive ability Communication Nursing Patient safety Patients Risk assessment Surgery
In 2014-15 there were 10.2 million hospitalisations in Australia, and approximately 2.5 million of those admissions required surgery. As such, perioperative safety is crucial to patient outcomes (AIHW 2016).
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Title
Situation Awareness and Patient Safety in the Perioperative Environment
Authors/Creators
Melanie Murray
Publication Details
Australian Nursing and Midwifery Journal, Vol.24(10), p.38