Operating Room Experience
Identify client’s reason for undergoing surgery. (List all surgeries you observed and identify the reason for each.)
List four negative effects of surgery. (Use references to support your answers).
Describe the criteria for and the advantages of outpatient surgery. (Use references to support your answers).
State the major goal of preoperative preparation. (Use references to support your answers).
Identify special considerations for the surgical client who is obese, elderly, very young, or who has diabetes. (Use references to support your answers).
Explain surgical a sepsis.
Describe the roles of the preoperative team.
List the common types of anesthesia techniques and their uses.
Discuss assessment of client during surgery. (What assessments are done? Why?)
Discuss nursing responsibilities in client care immediately after surgery. (In the recovery time period, what did care did the nurse give? Why? Use references to support your answers.)
Discuss culturally competent client centered care for the surgical client. (What does culturally competent client centered care mean and how does it relate to this patient population? Use references to support your answers).
List four negative effects of surgery. (Use references to support your answers).
Describe the criteria for and the advantages of outpatient surgery. (Use references to support your answers).
State the major goal of preoperative preparation. (Use references to support your answers).
Identify special considerations for the surgical client who is obese, elderly, very young, or who has diabetes. (Use references to support your answers).
Explain surgical asepsis.
Describe the roles of the perioperative team.
List the common types of anesthesia techniques and their uses.
Discuss assessment of client during surgery. (What assessments are done? Why?)
Discuss culturally competent client centered care for the surgical client. (What does culturally competent client centered care mean and how does it relate to this patient population? Use references to support your answers).
