[Focal points in operating room nursing]

This research investigated with which thoughts and nursing problems patients undergo surgery without general anaesthetic were preoccupied during their operation. In addition, information was collected on those aspects of nursing care which the patients appreciated or missed during this time. Both sets of data were collected from nurses and patients. Comparative analysis showed that patients on average list less problems than nurses. Conclusions with respect to nursing care of patients who are awake during surgery is discussed.

[From the bed onto the operating table. The transfer of patients from their bed to the operating table]

Perioperative nursing is still a much neglected area among the various fields of direct nursing care. This investigation was carried out within a framework of reevaluation and actualization of this area of care. The results show that in particular because of the working conditions of perioperative nursing high standards of professionally both with respect to details of care as well as to recognition of the overall situation of a patient are required.

[Accepting and understanding patients. A study of experiences and behavior of nurses in psychologically demanding nursing situations]

Accepting and understanding patients: a study of how the nursing staff behave in and experience psychologically demanding situations in nursing This text summarizes a study which is the result of a dissertation written at the end of the Training for Experts in Nursing. The author focuses on two questions. Firstly: What are the implications for the nursing staff of treating patients in an accepting and understanding manner, especially in difficult situations on a long-term basis? Secondly: In what way are they influenced in their behaviour? In the first part of her study she investigates the personal experience of the nursing staff, whereas in the second part she is concerned with the influence and the conditions of their place of work. She concludes that the success of empathic nursing depends primarily on the staff themselves--driven by their motives--but also on the conditions of their place of work.