Topic

Pre-operative care

A nurse in scrubs closely monitors a machine during surgery
Nursing Standard

Surgical nursing roles: what are the options and pay?

Career advice
12 Mar 2026
Preoperative fasting practice: optimising surgical patients’ food and fluid intake
Nursing Standard

Preoperative fasting practice: optimising surgical patients’ food and fluid intake

CPD articles
02 Mar 2026
Clinical management of acute post-operative bladder spasm in children and young people
Nursing Children and Young People

Clinical management of acute post-operative bladder spasm in children and young people

CPD articles
26 Jan 2026
Nursing Children and Young People

Craniopagus: a proposed nursing care protocol

Clinical
16 October 2023
Nursing Standard

Reducing the risk of surgical site infections

Clinical
11 September 2023
Nursing Standard

Understanding the role of the scrub nurse during robotic surgery

Clinical
28 November 2022
Nursing Standard

Surgery recovery: how nurses can use ERAS from prehab to rehab

Analysis
21 November 2022
Cancer Nursing Practice

Benefits of prehabilitation in patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy

Clinical
27 July 2022
Nursing Older People

Comprehensive geriatric assessment: outcomes of an advanced nurse practitioner-led service for older people requiring emergency surgery

Clinical
09 February 2022
Nursing Standard

Nurses asked to work more flexibly and remotely to tackle waiting lists

News
08 February 2022
Nursing Standard

Pre-operative anxiety: how to help patients prepare for surgery

Analysis
29 November 2021
Nursing Standard

What does a scrub nurse do – and could you be one?

My job
15 October 2021
Nursing Older People

Understanding the issues experienced by older people undergoing emergency surgery

Clinical
23 June 2021
Nursing Standard

How to provide preoperative care to patients

How to
30 November 2020
Nursing Standard

Exploring the fundamental aspects of the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery nurse’s role

Clinical
11 November 2019
Nursing Children and Young People

How a healthcare assistant made the operating theatre a less scary place for children

Features
09 October 2019
Nursing Standard

Understanding the benefits and implications of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery

Clinical
03 June 2019
Nursing Standard

An overview of the principles of preoperative care

CPD articles
24 August 2018
Nursing Standard

Pre-op anaemia care: improving outcomes for surgical patients

Features
16 July 2018
Nursing Standard

Caring for patients with limb amputation

CPD articles
07 October 2015
Nursing Standard

Using targeted information to meet the needs of surgical patients

Clinical
24 August 2011
Nursing Standard

Identifying and assessing anxiety in pre-operative patients

Clinical
26 August 2009
Nursing Standard

Benefits of pre-operative information programmes

Clinical
04 August 2004
Nursing Standard

Alleviating pre-operative anxiety in patients: a study

Clinical
04 June 1997