The nurse is planning care for a client during the postoperative period. What should the nurse identify as the goal of care for this client?
1. Provide necessary preoperative teaching.
2. Assist the client to achieve the most optimal health status possible.
3. Ensure client safety.
4. Maintain an aseptic environment.
Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: Providing necessary preoperative teaching is an activity associated with the preoperative phase.
Rationale 2: The goal of postoperative care is to assist the client to achieve the most optimal health status possible.
Rationale 3: Ensuring client safety is a goal of the intraoperative phase.
Rationale 4: Maintaining an aseptic environment is an action within the intraoperative phase.
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