OBJECTIVE: To identify the challenges for nurses during the perioperative for patients undergoing bariatric surgery. METHODS: The sample consisted of 70 nurses who had experience in providing care for morbid obese patients. Data were collected from nurses who were participating in the 7th Brazilian Congress on Perioperative Nursing Care, Post Anesthesia Care, and Central Supply and Sterilization using a questionnaire. RESULTS: Challenges included inadequate space in operating rooms, inadequate material and equipments, and having specific nursing skills to care for the morbid obese patients. CONCLUSION: Developing specific knowledge and skills and having specialization and clinical experience in the operation room will equip nurses to provide quality care, comfort, physical and emotional safety to attend the need of morbid obese patients.
Obesity morbid; Bariatric surgery; Gastroplasty; Perioperative nursing; Nursing care
