2024
DOI: 10.4102/hsag.v29i0.2490
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Registered nurses’ knowledge and practice of preoperative fasting and medication administration

Justin C. King,
Adele de Goede,
Janet Bell

Abstract: Background: Knowledge of fasting or Nil Per Os (NPO) guidelines is an essential component of nursing care in the preoperative period.Aim: To describe registered nurses’ (RNs) knowledge and management of the preoperative NPO period.Setting: Selected surgical wards in a tertiary hospital in the Western Cape, South Africa.Methods: Quantitative descriptive, cross-sectional study utilising a structured questionnaire. The population consisted of RNs working in selected surgical wards. Convenience sampling was used a… Show more

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