A&E 1 Final| 408 QUESTIONS| WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

What is the perioperative period correct answer: The total surgical episode What are the three phases of the perioperative period correct answer: Preoperative Intraoperative Postoperative What is the preoperative phase correct answer: period of time from decision for surgery until patient is transferred into operating room What is the intraoperative phase correct answer: Period of time between when patient is transferred to OR bed to when patient is transferred to Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) What is the postoperative phase correct answer: lasts from admission to the PACU or other recovery area to complete recovery from surgery and last follow-up health care provider visit. What is AORN correct answer: •Association of Peri-Operative Registered Nurses - first established in 1956. What was the goal of the AORN correct answer: •Developed standards of practice to improve nursing care of surgical patients. -Enhanced professionalism of perioperative nurses -Provided standsards to better sever the needs of the society What is at the center of the model put out by the AORN correct answer: The patient Describe the model put out by the AORN correct answer: -Patient is at the center, surrounded by 4 main domains