The student nurse is assigned to a patient through the entire perioperative period and identifies the time when the preoperative phase ends and the intraoperative phase begins as when the patient:
a. Receives the preoperative medication
b. Is taken to the holding area
c. Leaves the holding area
d. Enters the operating room
D
The classification changes from preoperative to intraoperative when the patient enters the operating room. The patient remains a preoperative patient after receiving the preoperative medication until he enters the operating room. The patient remains a preoperative patient while in the holding area and is still considered preoperative when leaving the holding area—until entering the operating room.
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