NUR 240 Introduction to Perioperative Nursing

Summer

This course is designed to provide students with the basic knowledge and skills necessary for a beginning practitioner in perioperative nursing. The emphasis of the course is on the beginning role of the perioperative nurse. Topics of focus will include sterile technique, safety, general anesthesia principles, the surgical filed, patient positioning, patient preparation for surgery, care of the patient during surgery, and care of the patient and significant others in the postoperative area. Patient education, discharge planning, evidence-based practice, and the role of the nurse will be the focus of this course. 2 class periods. 3 clinical experience hours. Prerequisite:

NUR 210

and BIO 222 and BIO 223.

3 credit hours