A nurse has chosen to specialize in perioperative nursing. What is the primary goal in all three phases of contemporary perioperative nursing?
A) Reduction of health-care costs associated with surgery.
B) Ensuring as short a perioperative period as possible.
C) Treating a wider range of health problems with surgery rather than medication.
D) Using surgery as a preventative measure rather than just a treatment option.
D
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Although there are advances being made in prophylactic (preventative) surgery and in cost-control measures, a major current trend is to facilitate as short a perioperative period as possible. In general, medication is preferable to surgery.
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