Perioperative Surgical Observation: From Operating Room Number Eight to Recovery Number Nine I had waited all semester for this day. I could hardly sleep the night before due to the anticipation. I was to visit Middle Tennessee Medical Center and follow a patient throughout the phases of surgery including preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative. I found each phase to be equally hectic, technical and important for the safety of the patient. The patient that I followed …showed first 75 words of 2408 total…

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