Maricopa Community Colleges  SGT208   19896-19966 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 06/06/89
SGT208 19896-19966 LEC 2 Credit(s) 2 Period(s)
Surgical Patient Care Concepts
Pre-operative procedures including patients' chart and consent forms. Operating Room admission, identification, interview, charting and checklist. Post-operative care and transfer to recovery room. Responses to surgery and coping with illness. Prerequisites: None.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
SGT208   19896-19966 Surgical Patient Care Concepts
1. Identify and describe patient and family responses to hospitalization and surgical intervention. (I)
2. Describe the rights of patients as specified in the "Patient's Bill ofRights." (II)
3. Describe the legal implications of hospital records, consent forms andpre-operative care procedures. (III)
4. List the pre-operative routine for operating room admission and demonstrate an admission interview. (IV)
5. Identify laboratory divisions and describe the procedures for handling, labeling, transferring and containment of specimens. (V)
6. Describe principles for measuring and recording vital signs. (VI)
7. Describe the purpose for recovery room and procedure for transferring patients to the recovery room. (VII)
8. Describe changes in body functions resulting from chronic disease and relationship to life-sustaining systems. (VIII)
9. Describe death and dying attitudes and beliefs of society including specific coping mechanisms. (IX)
10. List major reasons for pediatric/geriatric surgery and describe commonoperative procedures including special considerations for these age groups. (X)
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SGT208   19896-19966 Surgical Patient Care Concepts
    I. Surgical Intervention
        A. Individual needs
          1. Physical
          2. Psycological
          3. Spiritual
        B. Staff responses
      II. "Patient's Bill of Rights"
          A. Need
          B. Content
          C. Living will
        III. Pre-Operative Preparation
            A. Patient's chart
              1. Purpose
              2. Components
              3. Consent
            B. Procedures
          IV. Operating Room admission
              A. Identification
              B. Interview
              C. Charting
              D. Check list
            V. Specimens
                A. Laboratory divisions
                B. Sterile field
                  1. Identification
                  2. Handling
                  3. Transfer
                C. Records-forms
                D. Storage
              VI. Vital Signs
                  A. Terminology
                  B. Principles
                  C. Recording
                VII. Post-Operative Care
                    A. Transfer
                      1. Devices
                      2. Principles
                      3. Safety factors
                    B. Recovery room
                      1. Purpose
                      2. Data base
                      3. Orders
                  VIII. Chronic Disease
                      A. Life sustaining systems
                      B. Quality of care
                      C. Surgical intervention
                      D. Biological vs. clinical death
                    IX. Death and Dying
                        A. Attitudes
                        B. Types
                        C. Terminal illness
                        D. Coping mechanisms
                      X. Pediatric/Geriatric Care
                          A. Terminology
                          B. Pediatric development
                          C. Geriatric system changes
                          D. Surgery
                            1. Common procedures
                            2. Special considerations
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