Patricia Lewis is a registered nurse and legal nurse consultant. She shares information from the perspective of being a risk manager and a nurse who is thoroughly familiar with the risks of same day surgery. She will help you understand
• your rights as a patient
• your responsibilities as a patient to help assure a safe surgery
• why you need to share information about your health and medications
• what could happen if you eat or drink after midnight when instructed not to do so
• why repetitive questions can be annoying but keep you safe
• the safeguards that should be in place to make sure you do not get the wrong surgery and what you can do to participate in that procedure
• why over 600 surgeries per year involve wrong site surgery
• how to avoid falling in the recovery area after surgery
• what you can do to keep yourself safe and control your pain at home after surgery
Pat Lewis is a risk manager for a same day surgery unit in Melbourne, Florida. Pat has over 30 years of experience as a registered nurse working in a variety of facilities.
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