NURSING CARE IN THE NEUROSURGICAL PATIENT

The Neurosurgery patient is the one who has been undergone to surgery in the brain or in the peripheral nervous system, and might suffer complications during per operative period. They are patients who require attention in areas specialized in critical health care and who will need advanced monitorization, due to It is a high risk postoperative. It is in this point, in the one in which the nurse develops a function of vital importance in the health care, through the constant and specialized attention, to get the best quality of health care. The nurse should be able to evaluate, prevent, control and identify risk situations, avoiding complications and helping patient recovery.