A room in a hospital where patients are cared for after they have had a surgical operation and are recovering from the effects of the anaesthetic.
A room near a hospital’s delivery room or operating room, to which patients are taken while they are still under anesthesia. There trained staff monitor the patient’s return to consciousness and maintenance of vital signs, with special equipment available should complications occur. From there, patients are taken to their regular hospital room (after childbirth, sometimes called a postpartum room). To avoid unsettling room shifts before, during, and after childbirth, some hospitals have developed all-in-one labor/delivery/ recovery rooms.
A special patient care unit of the hospital used for the monitoring and care of postoperative patients until each patient’s condition becomes stable after anesthesia.
An area provided with equipment and nurses needed to care for patients who have just come from surgery. Patients remain there until they regain consciousness, are no longer drowsy and stuporous from the effects of the anesthesia, and have stable vital signs. Patients who are being discharged from a short stay recovery area should also be able to tolerate oral fluids and void without difficulty.
A specialized hospital area located close to operating rooms and birthing suites, the recovery unit is equipped with advanced gear and staff trained to monitor and care for patients who have recently undergone surgery or given birth. Patients are transferred back to general nursing care once they are deemed stable and safe enough to leave the recovery unit.