36926 Perioperative Nursing Care

Course overview

Nurses need education on processes, procedures, and precautions needed during each stage of the perioperative process. This course discusses perioperative nursing care, with topics including the key steps and responsibilities involved in the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases the essential roles of the perioperative nurse, including patient assessment, teaching, and coordination of care surgical team members and their respective roles during surgery knowledge of the critical components of the preoperative checklist, including patient history, lab results, and consent forms best practices for maintaining sterility and preventing infection in the perioperative setting different types of anesthesia and the nurses role in monitoring patient safety during anesthesia the signs and symptoms of malignant hyperthermia and appropriate treatments, including the administration of dantrolene sodium and the nurses role in postoperative care, including monitoring vital signs, managing pain, and supporting recovery in the post-anesthesia care unit.