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Learn what perioperative means, how it applies to surgery, and what happens during each phase of a procedure from intake to discharge.
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Perioperative Nurse - Explore Health Care Careers - Mayo Clinic
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An Overview of Postoperative Care - Nursing Review (Video)
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Enhanced perioperative care in emergency general surgery: the WSES
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Multi-Society Consensus Conference and Guideline on the Treatment
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Life, Free Full-Text
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Perioperative Care: Definition and Three Phases
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Perioperative Pain Plan: Why is it Needed
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Perioperative Care
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Medical Surgical Nursing I Unit III: Perioperative Care Pre, Intra
Journal of Perioperative Medicine Open Access
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Preoperative - PERIOPERATIVE NURSING MANAGEMENT Learning
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Perioperative Medicine: An Overview : WFSA - Resources
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