What is a Perianaesthesia Nurse?

"What is a perianaesthesia nurse?", "What do you do?", "I don't know that is...", "Your job sounds easy.", 
"Do you just watch people sleep?"

These are question I get asked all the time, and I'm sure my fellow perianaesthesia nurses do too. 

Perianaesthesia is a unique blend of critical care nursing and perioperative nursing, that a lot of people never see. 

In this blog post I want to take some time to explain what my job is, what we do, how we look after our patients, and some of the knowledge we acquire for our jobs. 

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