Study Guide

Objective

The student:
- understands the perioperative process and knows the roles of the perioperative and surgical nurses.
- is capable of working in a multi-professional team, and is able to consider the patient's individuality.
- can search evidence-based knowledge and use it in planning, implementing, and evaluating surgical and perioperative patients’ care.
- can prepare the patient for different surgical procedures.
- can act aseptically at different stages of perioperative and surgical patients’ care.
- knows basic anesthesia methods and basic drugs and fluids used in intraoperative care.
- recognizes most typical instruments and surgical methods.
- knows the use of equipment in theatres and recovery room and understands the importance of patient safety in perioperative care.
- knows how to assess, monitor and act according to the patients condition during the postoperative phase.
- is competent in common nursing interventions and diagnostic examinations used as part of surgical nursing.
- knows how to support and promote surgical and perioperative patients' and their next-of-kin's health, self-care, rehabilitation, and ability to function.
- understands the principles of sustainable development in perioperative and surgical care.

Content

- Perioperative process and role of the nurse in multiprofessional team
- Preoperative preparation of the patient
- Asepsis in surgical and perioperative environment
- Anesthesia methods and monitoring of anesthetized patient in the operation theatre and recovery room
- Basic instruments and equipment in the operating theatres
- Drug and fluid care during perioperative process
- Postoperative assessment and acting according to the patient needs
- Pain management of the perioperative patient
- Wound care of surgical and perioperative patients
- Documentation and reporting
- Counselling of the patient and next- of-kin
- Patient safety (physical and physiological), nurse’s occupational safety
-Sustainable development during perioperative process

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

1-2
The student
- knows the perioperative process.
- perceives the roles of perioperative and surgical nurses
- knows how to work in a multi-professional team.
- is able to work aseptically.
- perceives preoperative preparation.
-perceives basic anesthesia methods.
- knows the infusions and medications used during anaesthesia.
- recognize basic surgical instruments and equipment.
- understand the basics of postoperative assessment and nursing interventions during the postoperative process.
- perceives importance of written documentation and oral reporting of the patient care.
- is able to guide the patient during the perioperative process.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

3-4
The student
- understands the perioperative process.
- knows the roles of a perioperative and surgical nurses
- know how to work in a multi-professional team and understands the importance of teamwork.
- knows the importance of aseptics in perioperative process and is able to act according to the aseptic rules.
- knows preoperative preparation.
-is familiar with different anesthesia methods.
- knows how to handle basic surgical instruments and equipment.
- knows the infusions and medications used during the anesthesia.
- understands postoperative assessment and nursing interventions during the postoperative process.
- knows the importance of written documentation and oral reporting of the patient care.
- is able to guide patients and next-of-kin diversely during the perioperative process.
- understands the importance of patient safety and continuity of care in perioperative care.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student
- understands the perioperative process for different patient groups.
- knows the roles and tasks of perioperative and surgical nurses.
- is able to work in a multi-professional team and understands different roles and the importance of teamwork.
- knows the importance of aseptics in perioperative process and is able to act according to the aseptic rules.
- knows preoperative preparation and understand the differences between different patient groups.
- knows different anesthesia methods and understand their suitability for different patient groups.
- knows how to handle basic surgical instruments and equipment in different phases of operations.
- knows the infusions and medications and their effects used during the anesthesia.
- understand widely postoperative assessment and nursing interventions during the postoperative process.
- is able to guide patients and their next-of-kin diversely during the perioperative process in different kind of operations.
- understands widely the importance of patient safety and continuity of care in perioperative care.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Fail=0
The student
- does not understand the perioperative process.
- does not understand the roles of perioperative and surgical nurses.
- does not understand how to work in a multi-professional team.
- is not able to work aseptically.
-does not understand preoperative preparation
- does not perceive different anesthesia methods and the main preparation methods for the patient’s anaesthesia.
- is not able to guide the patient during the perioperative process.
- does not know the infusions and medications used for the patient's anaesthesia.
- does not perceive the most important surgical instruments and equipment.
- does not understand postoperative assessment and nursing interventions in postoperative care.
- does not know the importance of written documentation and oral reporting of the patient care.
- does not know the importance of patient safety in perioperative care.

Materials

Hinkle, J. L., & Cheever, K. H. (2018). Brunner and Suddarth’s textbook of medical-surgical nursing. Wolters kluwer india Pvt Ltd.