Alphonzo Cortez Baker Sr. is a staff nurse in the preoperative and postanesthesia care units at Medstar Health Surgery Center in Washington, DC, and vice president/president-elect of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses. Contact author: abaker@aspan.org . The author has disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
These nurses care for patients before and after surgery.
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D006801
Humans
Members of the species Homo sapiens.
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013527
Perioperative Nursing
Nursing care of the surgical patient before, during, and after surgery.