MED/SURG CHAPTER 14 - PERIOPERATIVE CARE

SURGERY THAT REQUIRES FEWER THAN 24 HOURS OF HOSPITALIZATION

DESCRIBES THE ENTIRE SPAN OF SURGERY, INCLUDING BEFORE, DURING & AFTER

BEINGS WITH THE DECISION TO PERFORM SURGERY & CONTINUES UNTIL THE CLIENT REACHES THE OPERATION AREA

INCLUDES THE ENTIRE SURGICAL PROCEDURE UNTIL TRANSFER TO THE RECOVERY AREA

BEGINS WITH ADMISSION TO THE RECOVERY AREA & CONTINUES UNTIL THE CLIENT RECEIVES A FOLLOW-UP EVALUATION AT HOME OR IS DISCHARGED TO A REHABILITATION UNIT

A STATE IN WHICH THE CLIENT IS FREE OF PAIN, FEAR, & ANXIETY & CAN TOLERATE UNPLEASANT PROCEDURES

A PHYSICIAN WHO HAS COMPLETED 2 YEARS RESIDENCY IN ANESTHESIA. THIS PERSON IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ADMINISTERING ANESTHESIA TO THE CLIENT & MONITORING THE CLIENT DURING & AFTER THE SURGICAL PROCEDURES

MAY BE A MEDICAL DR. WHO HAS NOT COMPLETED A RESIDENCY IN ANESTHESIA, A DENTIST WHO ADMINISTERS LIMITED TYPES OF ANESTHESIA, OR A RN WHO HAS COMPLETED AN ACCREDITED NURSE ANESTHEISA PROGRAM & PASSED THE CERTIFICATION EXAM

INHERITED DISORDER OCCURS WHEN BODY TEMPERATURE, MUSCLE METABOLISM & HEAT PRODUCTION INCREASE RAPIDLY, PROGRESSIVELY, & UNCONTROLLABLY IN RESPONSE TO STRESS & SOME ANESTHETIC AGENTS

CLOT FORMATION WITH VENOUS INFLAMMATION

PREVENTS THE CONTAMINATION OF SURGICAL WOUNDS

WHEN A CLOT TRAVELS IN THE BLOODSTREAM

CLOT FORMATION WITH MINIMAL OR ABSENT INFLAMMATION

SEPARATION OF WOUND EDGES WITHOUT THE PROTRUSION OF ORGANS

WHEN THE WOUND COMPLETELY SEPARATES & ORGANS PROTRUDE