2023 Volume 33 Issue 1-2 Pages 49-62
〔Purpose〕To define the minimum essentials of knowledge items in perioperative medicine for adult nursing care within basic nursing education （“minimum essentials”） using the ideas of clinical practice instructors （“clinical instructors”）.
〔Methods〕Delphi surveys were conducted on 614 clinical instructors a total of three times. A consensus rate of 70% was used to indicate consensus.
〔Results〕Consensus was reached on 50 of the 134 knowledge items. Clinical instructors predicting complications from anesthesia or surgery considered observation and preventative nursing during and after surgery to be minimum essentials and viewed knowledge for focusing on and intervening with underlying disease, lifestyle, and psychological conditions that serve as risk factors for complications before and after surgery as minimum essentials.
〔Conclusions〕These findings suggest the importance of using the minimum essentials obtained in this study as a reference to reorganize lesson plans on perioperative medicine and assess education based on the aspects of nursing practice and knowledge acquisition among students during practicums and at graduation.
