Perioperative

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Sepsis is a complex, multifactorial condition that results in high healthcare costs and significant morbidity an....

Healthcare providers face many difficulties when prescribing controlled substances for pain control, anxiety dis....

Virtually all healthcare professionals help patients who are experiencing pain; physicians, nurses, therapists, ....

Pain Management is a multifaceted challenge. We use pain scales to try to understand how another person may feel....

In 2010, 48.3 million surgical and nonsurgical procedures performed as ambulatory surgery. Patients consider ane....

Pressure injury affects the more than 2.5 million hospitalized patients each year in the U.S. Studies have shown....

As with other specialties, gone are the days that perioperative nurses do things because, "This is the way we ha....

More than 54 million people undergo surgery annually in the U.S., and many suffer from avoidable adverse events.....

This course has been approved for 8 hours by the Commission on Case Manager Certification for 02/10/19-02/10/20.....