University of Cebu Lapulapu and Mandaue

College of Nursing

Module 3: Care of Clients in the Perioperative Nursing Practice

Duration 28 Hours

Module Content Summary:

This module introduces basic concepts, ethico-moral and legal principles related to perioperative nursing
care and provides students to apply the nursing process and critical thinking to specific perioperative
situations. The different roles and responsibilities of the nurse will be explored as well as prepare students
for entry into the perioperative nursing practice.Surgical nursing concepts are presented using a
combination of synchronous and asynchronous.Module 3 is divided into three parts:
Module 3.1 Preoperative Nursing Management (10 hours)
Module 3.2 Intraoperative Nursing Management (9 hours)
Module 3.3 Post-operative Nursing Management (9 hours)

Module 3.1 Introduction to Perioperative Nursing and Preoperative Nursing Management

Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this module, the Level 3 students will be able to:
1. Define related terminologies
2. Compare the suffixes used to describe surgical procedure
3. Determine the indications and classifications of surgery according to purpose, degree of risk and
urgency.
4. Define the three phases of the surgical experience
5. Describe the scope of perioperative nursing practice
6. Determine the different preparations for surgery
7. Relate the laws, legal, ethico-moral and surgical principles all throughout the perioperative
phases.
8. Design a plan of care utilizing the nursing process in the care of a surgical client in the
perioperative phase.

Perioperative Nursing -it is used to describe the total surgical experience of the patient in the
preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative phases.
 University of Cebu Lapulapu and Mandaue
College of Nursing
Name: Hiyas, Devanni Shane D.
Year and Section: BSN 3-B
Activity #1: (10x2= 20 points)

1. Complete the table below by writing the definition of the following words:
1. Surgery  Surgery is performed for the purpose of structurally altering the
human body by incision or destruction of tissues and is part of
the practice of medicine.
 Surgery also is the diagnostic or therapeutic treatment of
conditions or disease processes by any instruments causing
localized alteration or transportation of live human tissue, which
include lasers, ultrasound, ionizing radiation, scalpels, probes,
and needles
2. Surgeon  is a doctor who specializes in evaluating and treating conditions
that may require surgery, or physically changing the human body
3. Sterile  free from bacteria or other living microorganisms; totally clean
4. Asepsis  Asepsis is the state of being free from disease-causing micro-
organisms. There are two categories of asepsis: medical and
surgical
 Medical asepsis is the state of being free from disease causing
microorganisms
 Surgical asepsis is the absence of all microorganisms within any
type of invasive procedure
5. Sepsis  is a potentially life-threatening condition that occurs when the
body's response to an infection damages its own tissues. When
the infection-fighting processes turn on the body, they cause
organs to function poorly and abnormally.
6. Disinfectant   is a chemical substance or compound used to inactivate or
destroy microorganisms on inert surfaces
7. Antiseptics  is an antimicrobial substance or compound that is applied to
living tissue/skin to reduce the possibility of infection, sepsis, or
putrefaction
8. Sterilization  refers to any process that removes, kills, or deactivates all forms
of life and other biological agents like prions present in a
specific surface, object or fluid, for example food or biological
culture media.
9. Bacteriostatic  is a biological or chemical agent that stops bacteria from
reproducing, while not necessarily killing them otherwise
10. Bactericidal  A substance that Kills Bacteria
2. Complete the table below by providing the meaning of the prefixes and suffixes mentioned.
(50 points)
SUFFIXES Meaning Example
1. Supra Above, beyond or earlier Suprarenal
2. Ortho Prefix donating to straight or erect Orthodontics
3. Chole Relating to Bile of Gall Cholecystitis
4. Cysto Bladder, Sac, or Vesicle Cystotomy
5. Encephalo Relating to the Brain Encephalomalacia
6. Entero Referring to the intestine Enteropathy
7. Hystero A prefix representing the word uterus Hysterotomy
8. Mast The Breast of the Mastoid Mastectomy
9. Meningo Inflammation of the brain and Meningoencephalitis
meninges
10. Myo Prefix denoting a relationship to Myopathy
muscle
11. Nephro Having to do with the kidney Nephrostomy
12. Neuro Relating to nerves or the nervous neuroanatomy
system.
13. Oophor The ovary Oophorectomy
14. Pyelo Prefix that means that a term is pyelonephritis
related to the renal pelvis
15.Salphingo A prefix referring to the salpinx Salpingectomy
16. Thoraco Relating to the Chest or Chest Wall Thoracostomy
17.Viscero The Internal Organs of the body Visceroptosis
SUFFIXES Meaning Example
18. Oma A swelling or a tumor Carcinoma
19. Ectomy The surgical removal of something Lumpectomy
20.Rhapy A suture or surgical repair Herniorrhaphy
21. Scopy A study or examination Endoscopy
22. Ostomy Means to surgically create an Angiostomy
artificial opening or stoma
23. Plasty Relating to molding, shaping or the Rhinoplasty
result thereof, as of a surgical
procedure. [G. plastos, formed,
shaped]
24. Cele Relating to swelling, hernia, or tumor Bronchocele
25.Itis Relating to Inflammation Colitis