Nursing Care: Pre-operative Assessments, Planning, Pharmacokinetics, Post-operative Recovery

Running head: NURSING CARE
Nursing care
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Table of Contents
Part A:....................................................................................................................................2
Pre-operative health assessments to prevent harm.....................................................................2
Planning of nursing care in consultation with multidisciplinary team.......................................3
Pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of medication.........................................................4
Post- operative recovery phase...................................................................................................5
Part B:.....................................................................................................................................6
Demonstration of handover using ISBAR framework...............................................................6
References..............................................................................................................................7

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Part A:
Pre-operative health assessments to prevent harm
A number of pre-operative assessments can be undertaken to prevent harm in the
patients. A pre-operative risk evaluation is the preliminary step in the delivery of optimum
patient care. As suggested by Halaszynski (2018), the cardiac and pulmonary complications
of the patient should also be taken into consideration before the administration of anaesthesia
and surgical methods. Surgical procedures administered are corroborative with complex
stress response produced within the patient, which corresponds to magnitude of injury, total
operating time, intraoperative blood loss and post-operative pain. One of the prime objectives
to promote faster recovery within the patient is by reducing the complex stress response (van
Noort et al., 2018). As mentioned by Chung et al. (2016), reduction in the stress response
and trauma can reduce the length of hospital stay. Some of the goals of peri-operative
evaluation have been identified over here such as documentation of the conditions for which
surgery is required, assessment of the overall health status of the patient, analysis of hidden
conditions which could aggravate health issues in the patient during and after surgery, peri-
operative risk determination, development of an appropriate peri-operative care plan,
educating the patient on various aspects such as surgery, anaesthesia , intraoperative and
post-operative pain treatment and management can reduce anxiety within the patients.
As mentioned by Bookey‐Bassett et al. (2017), assessment of the skin appearance can
help in identification of the hydration pattern of the patient. On contrary, a flushed out skin
could be associated with poor hydration patterns or liver dysfunction. The elimination pattern
of an individual can also point towards the rate of recovery and overall body functioning. In
this respect, effective documentation pattern could be followed by the nurses for taking an