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The Experiences of Nurses Who Participate in Awake Craniotomy Procedures
Author(s) -
Palese Alvisa,
Infanti Stefania
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/s0001-2092(06)63967-7
Subject(s) - craniotomy , awake craniotomy , medicine , psychology , nursing , anesthesia
• AN AWAKE CRANIOTOMY is a unique neurosurgical procedure in which the patient is conscious during part of the procedure. • LITTLE HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED about how instrument nurses (ie, scrub persons) react to this complex procedure and to the tasks of caring for a conscious patient. • APHENOMENOLOGICALinvestigation was conducted to document the experiences of nine instrument nurses. • THE NURSES WERE CHALLENGED by having to manage the conscious presence of the patient, they placed great importance on controlling the surgical situation, and they reported that participating in this procedure had a compelling emotional effect on them. AORN J 84 (November 2006) 811‐826. © AORN, Inc, 2006.