1. INTRODUCTION TO THE OPERATING DEPARTMENT “THE PERIOPERATIVE NURSING”
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2. Welcome to Theatre Nursing
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3. Feel Strange???
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4. Looked Strange !!!!
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5. PERIOPERATIVE NURSING
Promote equality for all individuals
Help maintain health and safety in the workplace
Help control cross infection
Prepare the environment
Assess, plan and implement perioperative care
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6. Prepare patient for clinical/operative procedure
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Prepare patient for clinical/operative procedure
Provide assistance in clinical operative procedures
Provide immediate post-operative care
Provide initial emergency care
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7. PERIOPERATIVE NURSING PERIODS
Preoperative Phase
The preoperative phase of the patient’s surgical experience begins when the decision is made to undergo surgical intervention, and it ends when the patient is transferred to the OR bed.
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Intraoperative Phase
The intraoperative phase begins with placement of the patient on the OR bed and continues until the patient is admitted to a post-procedure or postoperative area.

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Postoperative Phase
The postoperative phase begins with admission of the patient to a postoperative or postanaesthesia area, which may be a postanaesthesia care unit (PACU) or an intensive care unit (ICU) or surgical unit before being discharged from the hospital.
The postoperative phase ends when the surgeon discontinues follow-up care.
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10. THE PERIOPERATIVE PATIENT CARE TEAM
Circulating Nurse (A)
1st Assistant (D)
The Anaesthesiologist (C)
The Surgeon (B)
Scrub Person (E)
Perianaesthesia Nurse
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11. Dependence of the Patient on the Qualified Team
The perioperative team works to promote the best interests of the patient every single minute.
For the welfare and safety of the patient, the entire team must work efficiently as a functioning single unit.
The members should be familiar with procedures, setups, equipment, and policies and should be able to cope with the unpredictable.
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They should have a high morale, mutual under-standing, trust, cooperation, and consideration.
All OR personnel should have the proven knowledge, skill, competency, and ability to perform an optimal level at all times.
The validation of clinical competence is an importance aspect of providing safe patient care.
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