Journal of clinical nursing
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Multicenter Study
Prerequisites for safe intraoperative nursing care and teamwork-Operating theatre nurses' perspectives: A qualitative interview study.
To describe operating theatre nurses' experience of preconditions for safe intraoperative nursing care and teamwork. ⋯ The operating theatre nurses need a reliable preoperative overall picture in advance, to be able to be well prepared for the patients' surgery. The overall picture should be based on adequate data about the patients' health status and needs, details about the surgical intervention and prescriptions.