Demystifying general anaesthesia

Abstract

• Are you an operating room nurse who must occasionally help in the recovery room during busy times or after hours?
• Do you care for patients on a busy surgical floor?
• Are you a staff nurse working in the post-anaesth- etic care unit or recovery room?
• Do you float to every patient unit in your hos- pital and possibly find yourself alone in the recovery room at 3 a.m. with no resources and a patient emerging from anaesthesia?