NURS 287 Lecture Notes - Registered Nurse, Antiseptic, Laryngeal Mask Airway
28 Apr 2013
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In the holding area, the perioperative nurse makes the final identification and assessment before the patient is transferred into the or for surgery. Procedures such as inserting intravenous (iv) catheters and arterial lines, removing casts, and drug administration may occur here. The or is a unique acute care setting removed from other hospital clinical units. It is controlled geographically, environmentally, and bacteriologically, and it is restricted in terms of the inflow and outflow of personnel. The perioperative nurse is a registered nurse who implements patient care during the perioperative period. This includes the following: preparing the or for the patient, serving as the patient"s advocate during surgery, assessing the patient for additional needs or tasks before surgery, educating the patient and family members. The function of circulating is implemented by the perioperative nurse who is not scrubbed, gowned, and gloved and remains in the unsterile field.
