learning Objectives - • Provide pre & post-operative nursing care to adult patients with surgical disorders • Educate & counsel patients and families
Hours - 3 weeks
Teaching and Learning Activities - Plan & implement care for assigned patients • Nursing care plan 1 • Nursing case study-1 or presentation-1 • Drug study presentation-1 • Maintain drug book • Maintain practical record book
Assessment Methods - • Assess performance with rating scale • Assess each skill with check list • Evaluation of case study presentation • Completion of practical record
Content of the chapter
– Practice medical-surgical
asepsis-standard safety.
– Pre-operative preparation of
patient
– Post-operative care
• Receiving
• Assessment
• Monitoring
– Care of wounds and drainage
– Suture removal
– Ambulation & exercises
– Naso-gastric aspiration
– Care of chest drainage
– Ostomy care
• Gastrostomy
• Enterostomy
• Colostomy
– Transfusion of Blood & its
components
– practice universal
precautions