The purpose of this quasi experimental research were to development of perioperative nursing record and study the nursing record efficiency as perceive by professional nurses in Trangruampat hospital before and after used the perioperative nursing record. The subjects were 30 professional nurses in the operative room , recovery room and surgery ward of Trangruampat hospital. The study tool consisted of the training plan, the perioperative nursing record , the handbook of using the perioperative nursing record , the trial control record and the nursing record efficiency questionnaire. All research instruments were developed by the researcher and tested for content validity. Reliability of the questionnaire was conducted by Cronbach’s Alpha Coefficient at 0.97. Data were analyzed by frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and dependent t-test. The major finding were as follow : 1.The perioperative nursing record of Trangruampat hospital consists of 3 parts : part 1 pre-operative nursing record, part 2 intra-operative nursing record and part 3 post-operative nursing record. 2.The perioperative nursing record efficiency after using the perioperative nursing record was significant higher than before using the perioperative nursing record as perceive by professional nurses at the .05 level.
