Table 5.

Number of interventions performed by nurses in the post-anaesthesia care unit (n=123)

Nurses’ interventions	Study group (n=63) ±SD**	Control group (n=60) ±SD**	test	p
Saturation monitoring	8.04±3.53	5.48±1.73	t*=5.063	<0.001
Heart rate monitoring	8.04±3.53	5.48±1.73	t*=5.063	<0.001
Blood pressure monitoring	8.04±3.53	5.48±1.73	t*=5.063	<0.001
Respiration monitoring	8.04±3.53	5.48±1.73	t*=5.063	<0.001
Body temperature monitoring	8.04±3.53	5.48±1.73	t*=5.063	<0.001
Consciousness monitoring	8.04±3.53	5.48±1.73	t*=5.063	<0.001
Fluid balance monitoring	8.04±3.53	5.48±1.73	t*=5.063	<0.001
Pain monitoring	8.04±3.53	5.48±1.73	t*=5.063	<0.001
Positioning	1.06±1.26	1.00±1.02	t*=1.615	0.109
Drug administration	1.06±1.26	1.08±0.96	t*=2.557	0.012
Calling for physician	1.90±0.99	1.71±0.90	t*=1.096	0.0275

^*Independent samples t test,

^**Mean, standard deviation