Abstract
Fundamentals of missed care: Implications for the perioperative environment
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In a study of 1300 hospitalised patients, Baker and Quinn[5] found a failure to provide fundamental nursing interventions such as oral care, head elevation and deep breathing resulted in an increased incidence of hospital-acquired pneumonia
The Australian College of Perioperative Nurses (ACORN) is one of the leading global voices in setting standards within the perioperative environment[19,20,21,22] yet, based on the literature about missed care, it is likely that many of these standards are not met during routine care each day
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This Article is brought to you for free and open access by Journal of Perioperative Nursing. Follow this and additional works at: https://www.journal.acorn.org.au/jpn Part of the Health Services Administration Commons, Health Services Research Commons, Perioperative, Operating Room and Surgical Nursing Commons, and the Surgery Commons Recommended Citation Ralph, Nicholas (2018) "Editorial: Fundamentals of missed care – Implications for the perioperative environment," Journal of Perioperative Nursing: Vol 31 : Iss. 3 , Article 1.
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