Journal of Patient Care is a peer-reviewed Nursing journal that focuses on a wide range of topics in this field such as patient health, patient safety, patient education, and so on. It provides a platform for authors to contribute to the journal and the editorial office promises a peer review process for submitted manuscripts to ensure the quality of publication.

This journal, which ranks among the best open access journals, aims to publish the most thorough and trustworthy source of information on discoveries and current developments in the form of original articles, review articles, case reports, short communications, etc.

Anesthesia is a controlled, brief loss of feeling or awareness that is produced for medical or veterinary purposes. Any combination of analgesia ,paralysis, amnesia ,and unconsciousness may be present. Anesthetized refers to a person who is under the influence of anaesthetic medications. Procedures that would normally be technically impossible or result in severe or intolerable pain in a non-anesthetized person can now be carried out painlessly thanks to anaesthesia. There are three major types of anaesthesia: Using either injected or inhaled medications, general anaesthesia suppresses central nervous system activity and causes unconsciousness and complete loss of sensation. A lesser degree of central nervous system suppression during sedation prevents unconsciousness while also limiting the formation of long-term memories and anxiety. Blocking the transmission of nerve impulses from a particular area of the body, regional and local anaesthesia This can be utilised either alone (in which case the patient is fully conscious) or in conjunction with general anaesthesia or sedation, depending on the circumstance.

Peripheral nerves can be specifically targeted by medications to anaesthetize a single body component, such as a tooth for dental work or an entire limb with a nerve block. As an alternative, spinal and epidural anaesthesia can be applied directly to the central nervous system, blocking all incoming feeling from the nerves feeding the block site. In order to produce the types and degrees of anaesthetic characteristics suited for the type of procedure and the specific patient, the doctor selects one or more medicines prior to performing a medical or veterinary surgery. General anaesthetics, local anaesthetics, hypnotics, dissociatives, sedatives, adjuncts, neuromuscular-blocking medications, opioids, and analgesics are among the several types of pharmaceuticals employed. With anaesthesia, the doctor or veterinarian can do procedures that might help treat, diagnose, or cure a condition that would otherwise be uncomfortable or difficult to treat. This makes anaesthesia unusual because it is not a direct form of treatment. Therefore, the optimal anaesthetic is the one that poses the least risk to the patient while still achieving the procedure's targets. Pre-operative risk assessment, which includes the medical history, physical examination, and lab testing, is the first stage of anaesthesia. Health care teams with the highest level of training must work together effectively to provide safe anaesthetic care.

Anesthesiology is the name of the anesthesia-focused medical speciality, and anesthesiologists are the professionals who specialise in it.  Anesthesia nurses, nurse anaesthetists, anesthesiologist assistants, anaesthetic technicians, anaesthesia associates, operating department practitioners, and anaesthesia technologists are among the additional healthcare professionals who provide anaesthesia. Their titles and functions vary depending on the jurisdiction. In General Anesthesia, Inhaled general anaesthetics are the method used most frequently to achieve the goals of general anaesthesia. Each anaesthetic has a unique potency that is related to how well it dissolves in oil. Despite the fact that there are numerous theories explaining how general anaesthetics work, this association only occurs because the medications attach specifically to gaps in the proteins of the central nervous system. Different areas of the central nervous system are hypothesised to be affected by inhalational anaesthetics in different ways. For instance, sedation, hypnosis, and amnesia involve locations in the brain, but the immobilising action of inhaled anaesthetics occurs from an effect on the spinal cord.

Sedation has hypnotic, sedative, anxiolytic, amnesic, anticonvulsant, and centrally generated muscle-relaxing characteristics. It is also known as dissociative anaesthesia or twilight anaesthesia. The patient appears tired, at ease, and forgetful to the person administering the sedative, making unpleasant operations easier to accomplish. Because sedatives like benzodiazepines don't significantly reduce pain on their own, they are typically used along with other painkillers (such opioids, local anaesthetics, or both). Regional anaesthesia is the term used to describe the process of utilising local anaesthetics to block pain from a specific area of the body.

Regional anaesthetic can be administered in a variety of ways, including by injecting into the tissue, a vein that supplies the area, or around a nerve trunk that provides feeling. The latter are referred to as nerve blocks and can be either peripheral or central. Preventive and on-demand pain management are the two categories. On-demand pain relievers often contain either opioids or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medicines, but they can also employ cutting-edge techniques like nitrous oxide or ketamine inhalation. Using patient-controlled analgesia, or "as needed drug prescriptions," a practitioner can deliver on-demand medications (PCA). When compared to traditional techniques, PCA has been demonstrated to offer somewhat better pain management and higher patient satisfaction. Nerve blocks or epidural neuraxial blockade  are frequent preventive measures.