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Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing 13th Edition by Kerry Cheever, Janice Hinkle

Edition 13ISBN: 9781469831770
book Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing 13th Edition by Kerry Cheever, Janice Hinkle cover

Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing 13th Edition by Kerry Cheever, Janice Hinkle

Edition 13ISBN: 9781469831770
Exercise 1
During your preoperative assessment of your patient, a 68-year-old womanwho is alert and oriented describes her surgery as "getting a new right knee." The ORschedule indicates that she is having a left knee arthroscopy. What are the prioritiesof the perioperative nurse? What further assessments are priorities? What nursinginterventions are warranted?
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Arthroscopy is a diagnostic surgical pro...

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Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing 13th Edition by Kerry Cheever, Janice Hinkle
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