Pre-OP/Post-OP Care NURS 1028
Surgery - the art and science of treating diseases, injuries, and deformities by operation and
instrumentation
Surgery can be done through? - Biopsy, Palliation and exploration and also Cosmetic improvements
Surgery can be done to? - Cure, repair and protect
Emergency Surgery - Surgery done at once to save life or function
Elective Surgery - A surgical procedure that may be scheduled in advance, is not an emergency, and is
discretionary on the part of the physician and patient
Elective Inpatient Surgery(Same day admission) - requiring one or more overnight stays and pt is
admitted the day of the surgery
Elective Ambulatory Surgery - no need to be admitted or overnight stay, same day surgery.
preoperative phase - begins when the decision to have surgery is made and ends when the client is
transferred to the operating table
, postoperative phase - Begins with the patient's admittance to the PACU and ends with the patient's
complete recovery from the surgical intervention
Basic info for PRN in the surgical setting: Nurses must know the? - Nature of the disorder necessitating
surgery and any coexisting process
Basic info for PRN in the surgical setting: Nurses must identify the pt's response to? - the stress of the
surgery
Basic info for PRN in the surgical setting: Nurses must assist the result of the? - appropriate preop
diagnostic test.
Basic info for PRN in the surgical setting: Nurses must know the changes in the pt's? - body and other
potential risk and complications that comes with the surgery and any other coexisting medick problems
that comes after the procedure.
Client Interview: Nurses should check? - documented info before the interview to avoid repetition in
questions from other HCP
Client Interview is done to obtain? - health info and to determine what problems a pt may have and to
explain the outcomes and or risk that could happen after or during the procedure.
Client Interview is where a Nurse could? - prepare or begin discharge planning and post op teaching with
the client.
The overall goal of pt's assessments before the surgery is to? - identify risk factors and to plan care to
ensure client safety.
Surgery - the art and science of treating diseases, injuries, and deformities by operation and
instrumentation
Surgery can be done through? - Biopsy, Palliation and exploration and also Cosmetic improvements
Surgery can be done to? - Cure, repair and protect
Emergency Surgery - Surgery done at once to save life or function
Elective Surgery - A surgical procedure that may be scheduled in advance, is not an emergency, and is
discretionary on the part of the physician and patient
Elective Inpatient Surgery(Same day admission) - requiring one or more overnight stays and pt is
admitted the day of the surgery
Elective Ambulatory Surgery - no need to be admitted or overnight stay, same day surgery.
preoperative phase - begins when the decision to have surgery is made and ends when the client is
transferred to the operating table
, postoperative phase - Begins with the patient's admittance to the PACU and ends with the patient's
complete recovery from the surgical intervention
Basic info for PRN in the surgical setting: Nurses must know the? - Nature of the disorder necessitating
surgery and any coexisting process
Basic info for PRN in the surgical setting: Nurses must identify the pt's response to? - the stress of the
surgery
Basic info for PRN in the surgical setting: Nurses must assist the result of the? - appropriate preop
diagnostic test.
Basic info for PRN in the surgical setting: Nurses must know the changes in the pt's? - body and other
potential risk and complications that comes with the surgery and any other coexisting medick problems
that comes after the procedure.
Client Interview: Nurses should check? - documented info before the interview to avoid repetition in
questions from other HCP
Client Interview is done to obtain? - health info and to determine what problems a pt may have and to
explain the outcomes and or risk that could happen after or during the procedure.
Client Interview is where a Nurse could? - prepare or begin discharge planning and post op teaching with
the client.
The overall goal of pt's assessments before the surgery is to? - identify risk factors and to plan care to
ensure client safety.
