NUR5710 Perioperative nursing 1

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1. 1

   Discriminate and evaluate the perioperative and peri-anaesthetic nursing roles.

2. 2

   Apply effective communication skills with the patient and family, and interprofessional team.

3. 3

   Explain anatomic and pathophysiological concepts relevant to complex disease states in the surgical environment.

4. 4

   Apply pathophysiology principles to perioperative and peri-anaesthetic nursing care.

5. 5

   Plan, prioritise and implement evidence-based care and management for elective and emergency patients in the perioperative setting.

6. 6

   Evaluate and apply the principles of asepsis and infection control in the perioperative setting.

7. 7

   Implement a comprehensive patient assessment during each phase of the perioperative journey: preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative.

8. 8

   Critically analyse and assess surgical, anaesthetic and postoperative risk factors that may affect patients’ surgical journeys.

9. 9

   Recognise and respond to the deteriorating perioperative patient and collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to provide timely patient care.

10. 10

    Apply legal requirements, ethical considerations and regulatory standards to the delivery of person-centred care in the perioperative setting.

11. 11

    Collaborate effectively in an interprofessional team to deliver safe effective healthcare in the perioperative setting.

12. 12

    Problem solve and manage new and emerging technologies in the perioperative setting.