title: Preoperative nursing assessment of the adult patient.
abstract: The preoperative patient assessment must be very focused, providing detail and specificity in several essential assessment areas. The preoperative patient assessment helps to determine whether the patient is a high surgical risk. Patients who are determined to be high surgical risks are at a higher risk for perioperative and postoperative mortality and morbidity.
authors.affiliation: Family Nurse Practitioner Program, Duquesne University School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA. patton@duq.edu
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Patton
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000379:methods; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors