The nurse is caring for a surgical patient, when the family member asks what perioperative nursing means. How should the nurse respond?

A) Perioperative nursing occurs in preadmission testing.
B) Perioperative nursing occurs primarily in the postanesthesia care unit.
C) Perioperative nursing includes activities before, during, and after surgery.
D) Perioperative nursing includes activities only during the surgical procedure.

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Final Answer : C, Explanation :  Perioperative nursing care occurs before, during, and after surgery. Preadmission testing occurs before surgery and is considered preoperative. Nursing care provided during the surgical procedure is considered intraoperative, and in the postanesthesia care unit, it is considered postoperative. All of these are parts of the perioperative phase, but each individual phase does not explain the term completely.

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