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Glossary Terms
Ambulatory surgery |
Informed consent |
Intraoperative phase |
Perioperative phase |
Postoperative phase |
Preadmission testing |
Preoperative phase |
Anesthesia |
Anesthesiologist |
Anesthetic agent |
Anesthetist |
Circulating nurse |
Epidural anesthesia |
General anesthesia |
Local anesthesia |
malignant hyperthermia |
Moderate sedation |
Monitored anesthesia care |
Regional anesthesia |
restricted zone |
Scrub role |
Semi-restricted zone |
Spinal anesthesia |
Surgical asepsis |
Unrestricted zone |
Dehiscence |
Evisceration |
First-intention healing |
Phase I PACU |
Phase II PACU |
Phase III PACU |
Post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) |
Second intention healing |
Third intention healing |
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Periods of Surgery
PRE-OPERATIVE PERIOD
- Patient teaching
- Consent
- Physical prep.
- psychological prep. |
INTRA-OPERATIVE PERIOD
Nurse is patient advocate
Scrub nurse: maintains sterile nurse integrity and monitors equipment
Circulating nurse: Protects patient safety, monitors OR conditions, documents, monitor team activities |
POST-OPERATIVE PERIOD
To PACU
Recovery: clinical unit or discharged home |
Classification of Surgery
1. Emergency |
Immediately |
2. Urgent |
24-30h |
3. Required |
Upcoming weeks |
4. Elective |
Should have |
5. Optional |
Not necessary |
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Suffixes
-ectomy |
Remove body part |
-tomy |
make an incision |
-scopy |
Observe with scope |
-pathy |
disease |
-rhage |
rupture |
-oma |
cancer/tumour |
-itis |
inflammation |
-logy |
study of |
-megaly |
enlargement of |
-rhea |
flowing |
-lysis |
decomposition |
Prefixes
chole- |
r/t cholesterol, bile, gall |
Lapar- |
r/t abdominal wall |
Dys- |
abnormal |
Cyst- |
r/t bladder, cyst, sac |
Lith- |
stone or rock |
Carcin- |
cancer |
Neo- |
new/young |
Ortho |
straight/upright |
Trans- |
Across, beyond |
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