A nurse in the OPS setting provides preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative care(perioperative nursing). The nurse assesses the patient's knowledge of his or her procedure as well as getting the person ready for the surgery. The nurse reviews the patient’s medications, allergies, health history, contact information, overall understanding of the procedure being conducted, rationale for the operation, and discharge/Post-Op teaching. The nurse also checks to ensure informed consent has been obtained and signed. Once the interview is finished, vitals are collected in order to ascertain the patient’s baseline information as well as initiation IV therapy.
During intraoperative care, a circulating nurse manages