To assess, plan, implement the nursing care to meet the patients’ needs, by following the appropriate policy and procedures of the assigned department.
To make the patient feel at ease about their surgical experience by explaining hospital routines and performing nursing procedures that will take place pre-operatively, intra-operatively, and post-operatively. Also, to ensure patient is in optimal health to have surgery by assessing medical history and evaluating laboratory work, x-rays, and EKG&