Nursing Care of the Surgical Patient MD0915

DEVELOPMENT
ADMINISTRATION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
LESSON 1
	PREOPERATIVE CARE OF THE SURGICAL PATIENT
		GENERAL
		DEFINITIONS
		PREOPERATIVE PHASE
		SURGICAL EXPERIENCE
		PREOPERATIVE TEACHING PRINCIPLES
		NURSING IMPLICATIONS FOR PREPARING A PATIENT FOR SURGERY
		THE MORNING OF SURGERY
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS
LESSON 2
	INTRODUCTION
		GENERAL
		TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
	SURGICAL TEAM
		SURGICAL TEAM
		KEY MEMBERS OF THE SURGICAL TEAM
	THE ANESTHETIC AGENT
		FACTORS THAT EFFECT THE SELECTION OF AN ANESTHETIC AGENT
		FACTORS CONSIDERED WHEN SELECTING AN ANESTHETIC AGENT
		CLASSIFICATION OF ANESTHETIC AGENTS
	REASONS FOR SURGERY
		GENERAL
		REASON FOR SURGERY VARIES
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS
LESSON 3
	INTRODUCTION
		GENERAL
		TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
		FACTS ABOUT THE RECOVERY ROOM
	COMPLICATIONS IN THE RECOVERY ROOM
		COMPLICATIONS TO BE PREVENTED FOR THE SURGICAL PATIENT IN THE RECOVERY ROOM
		GENERAL NURSING IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CARE OF A PATIENT
	SUCTIONING THE PATIENT IN THE RECOVERY ROOM
		ADMINISTERING ORAL/NASAL SUCTIONING TO THE RECOVERY ROOM PATIENT
		ADMINISTERING ENDOTRACHEAL SUCTIONING TO THE RECOVERY ROOM PATIENT
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS
LESSON 4
	INTRODUCTION
		OVERVIEW
		TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
	EFFECTS OF ANESTHESIA ON MAJOR BODY SYSTEMS
		GENERAL
		RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
		CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
		URINARY SYSTEM
		GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM
	EFFECTS OF SURGERY ON THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM
		GENERAL
		POSSIBLE NEGATIVE EFFECTS
		TYPES OF WOUND HEALING
		FACTORS WHICH MAY IMPAIR WOUND HEALING
		FACTS ABOUT WOUND DRAINS
	NURSING IMPLICATIONS BY BODY SYSTEMS OF A POSTOPERATIVE PATIENT
		RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
		CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
		URINARY SYSTEM
		GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM
		INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM
	GENERAL NURSING IMPLICATIONS OF THE POSTOPERATIVE PATIENT
		GENERAL
		GENERAL POSTOPERATIVE NURSING TASKS
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS
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