Title: Module 1 Introduction
Course: NUR 1210C Adult Health > Section: Module 1 - Perioperative Nursing

Nursing students should understand common stressors, such as surgery and the inflammatory process. Knowledge of perioperative care principles and the inflammatory process, as it is applies to surgical clients, is required.

Objectives

Upon completion of this module, the student will be able to:
- Explain the pre-op laboratory test, normal ranges and diagnostic tests. (SLO 2 & 4)
- Explain the nursing implications for both pre and post-op medications. (SLO 2 & 4)
- Explain the variations in perioperative care for the older adult. (SLO 2 & 4)
- Explain the collaborative care of the surgical client in the operating room. (SLO 2 & 4)
- Explain the assessment findings of the common postoperative complications of the cardiovascular, respiratory, wounds, gastrointestinal and genitourinary systems. (SLO 2 & 4)
- Explain nursing interventions to correct/prevent the common postoperative complications. (SLO 2 & 4)
- Provide safe and appropriate nursing care for the client in the preoperative, intra-operative and postoperative phases of surgery using the nursing process as framework. (SLO 2 & 4)
- Explain the local and systemic signs/symptoms of the inflammatory process. (SLO 2 & 4)
- Explain the pathophysiology of wound healing. (SLO 2 & 4)
- Explain the infectious process, specifically addressing: risk factors, assessment findings, diagnostic studies, laboratory findings, and pharmacologic treatment. (SLO 2 & 4)
- Explain to a client, how to care for an ileostomy & colostomy (SLO 1, 2, 4 & 5)
- Explain the pathophysiology, assessment findings, treatments/medications/diet, and nursing interventions of the client with (SLO 2 & 4)

a. Cholecystitis; b. Pancreatitis; c. Appendicitis; d. Hepatitis e. Inflammatory Bowel Disease; f. Diverticulitis g. Peritonitis

Readings

- Chapters 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 25, 27, 59, 60, 61, 62