Nursing perioperative care: an integrative review of literature

Abstract

Objective: to know the nursing care performed in the perioperative period. Method: Integrative Review of literature in the databases Base de Dados de Enfermagem (BDENF) and Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (LILACS). Content analysis has been applied for analysis. Results: 23 papers and two categories: Perioperative nursing care and the organization of perioperative nursing care. In the first category, the guidelines in nursing care in are identified, as well as the prevention of hypothermia and skin lesions. In the second category, the studies show strategies to offer quality assistance through the organization of nursing work such as implementing models of care. Conclusion: The results reflect the characteristics of nursing care in the perioperative period and allow reflection on nursing care in different periods of the surgical experience.