NURS 3234 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Lisinopril, Fire Safety, Nail Polish
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Peri-operative phases: pre-op: patient & surgeon mutually agree that surgery is required. Intra-operative: occurs from entry to or suite until patient is transferred to pacu, recovery. Pre-op patients have special vulnerabilities: due to the nature of surgical treatment, and the accompanying anesthesia, surgical patients have a unique need for nursing services. Preoperatively as nurses we : carefully assess our patients, especially for factors increasing risk, plans/interventions to minimize risk, safety and prevention of infection procedures, patient teaching, about the process and procedure (cid:523)(cid:498)anticipatory guidance(cid:499)(cid:524) sensory information. In the surgical suite or (cid:498)or(cid:499: nurses become the patient"s advocates! If you are not comfortable with an aspect of care: circulating nurse, not scrubbed, maintains sterile protocols, pre-op safety checklists, get especially. Facilitate coping for possible alterations in body image or mobility: about the healing process, including immediate post operative recovery and exercises to aid in recovery.
