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1. Association of pe- standards guide perioperative nursing practice
riOperative Reg-
istered Nurses
(AORN)
2. Perioperati -10% of surgery related deaths are due to preventable errors.
ve safety /
-Hand hygiene
Preventing
-Accurate patient identification
complication
-prevention of infection
s
-using medication safely
-surgical Time-out
3. NEVER EVENTS -Medicare does not reimburse
-Surgery on wrong body part or wrong patient
-DVT or PE after joint replacement surgery
-foreign body left in patient after surgery
-Surgical site infection after elective procedure and surgery
4. Preop nursing -Identify existing health concerns
care and
-planning for interoperative and postoperative needs
respon-
-providing necessary education
sibilities
- >2/3 of surgeries in US occur in outpatient settings
Responsibilities:
-Goal to prepare client for surgery
-To do that, must complete; nursing history, health history, client knowledge
and understanding of surgery
-Physical assessment: focus on symptoms that indicate risk for surgery
-Prevent DVT
-preoperative screening tests: Labs (CBC, BMP, UA, Pregnancy test, Type and
crossmatch), chest Xray, ECG/EKG
-Surgical consent form: Confirm its presence and if it is signed, and nurse
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