maintain normothermia.
The trial ultimately showed us how to improve our patient warming
practices and provided an opportunity to inform staff about a funda-
mental element of safe patient care. It was also a reason for nurses
and anesthesia providers to team up to implement the pre-warming
protocols. The entire process increased our understanding of why
warming matters and improved our efforts to maintain normothermia
in patients, who have told us they love being warmed in pre-op. If only
they knew how much.
OSM
Ms. Yarbrough (amy.yarbrough@thechristhospital.com) is an assistant
clinical nurse manager at the Joint and Spine Center at The Christ Hospital
Health Network in Cincinnati, Ohio.
