Fundamentals of Perioperative Nursing Practice

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In this perioperative nursing course, students are introduced to the nurse's role and scope of practice in the perioperative setting. Students explore the nursing care of patients throughout the pre-operative, intra-operative, and post-operative continuum of care. Students use the nursing process to address patients' and families' physiological and psychological needs requiring surgical interventions and integrate the roles and scopes of practice for Operating Room (OR) team members.