Intro Medical-Surgical Nursing by Timby & Smith: Ch 14 Perioperative Care Preoperative, Intraoperative, and Postoperative Care; Anesthesia Types and Safety; Surgical Asepsis; Wound Healing (Primary, Secondary, Tertiary Intentions); Complications (Dehiscen

Intro Medical-Surgical Nursing by Timby & Smith: Ch 14 Perioperative Care Preoperative, Intraoperative, and Postoperative Care; Anesthesia Types and Safety; Surgical Asepsis; Wound Healing (Primary, Secondary, Tertiary Intentions); Complications (Dehiscence, Evisceration, Paralytic Ileus, Thrombophlebitis, Malignant Hyperthermia) Exam Questions Verified and Provided with A+ Graded Rationales Latest Updated 2026 ambulatory surgery Surgery that requires fewer than 24 hours of hospitalization Preoperative begins with the decision to perform surgery and continues until the client reaches the operating area Intraoperative Includes the entire surgical procedure until transfer of the client to the recovery area postoperative begins with admission to the recovery area and continues until the client receives a follow-up evaluation at home or is discharged to a rehabilitation unit perioperative the entire span of surgery, including before and after the actual operation general anesthesia acts on the CNS to produce loss of sensation, reflexes, and consciousness anesthesia partial or complete loss of sensation with or without loss of consciousness procedural sedation a state in which the client is free of pain, fear, and anxiety and can tolerate unpleasant procedures anesthesiologist a physician who specializes in administering anesthetic agents before and during surgery anesthetist a medical professional who specializes in administering anesthesia surgical asepsis prevents contamination of surgical wounds malignant hyperthermia an inherited disorder that occurs when body temperature, muscle metabolism, and heat production increase rapidly, progressively, and uncontrollably in response to stress and some anesthetic agents thrombophlebitis inflammation of a vein associated with a clot formation Phlebothrombosis clot formation with minimal or absent inflammation embolus moving clot