The nurse is precepting a new nurse in the perioperative area. The nurse explains that perioperative nursing is based on certain principles and includes (Select all that apply.)
a. Purchasing the correct equipment.
b. Providing high-quality and patient safety–focused care.
c. Scheduling the right types of patients.
d. Conducting multidisciplinary teamwork.
e. Ensuring effective therapeutic communication.
f. Providing advocacy for the patient.
B, D, E, F
Perioperative nursing is a fast-paced, changing, and challenging field and is based on the nurse's understanding of several important principles, including high-quality, patient safety–focused care; multidisciplinary teamwork; effective therapeutic communication and collaboration with the patient, the patient's family, and the surgical team; effective and efficient assessment and intervention in all phases of surgery; advocacy for the patient and the patient's family; and understanding of cost containment. Purchasing the correct equipment is important in any specialty of nursing. Perioperative nursing cares not only for the "right" types of patients, but for all patients with surgical needs.
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