App. B Standards for Post Anesthesia Care -- App. C Commonly Used Abbreviations in the PACU
Unit I. PACU Nursing. 1. Post Anesthesia Care Practice. 2. PACU Administrative Issues. 3. Legal and Ethical Issues in PACU Practice. 4. Quality Improvement and Research in the PACU -- Unit II. Anesthesia Assessment and Management. 5. Preoperative Patient Assessment. 6. Anesthetic Agents. 7. Regional Anesthesia -- Unit III. PACU Assessment and Care. 8. Immediate Postanesthetic Assessment and Care. 9. Immediate Postoperative Assessment and Care. 10. Hemodynamic Monitoring and Care -- Unit IV. Selected Patient Populations. 11. The Elderly Patient. 12. The Pediatric Patient. 13. The Ambulatory Surgical Patient. 14. The Pregnant Patient -- Unit V. Physiologic Challenges. 15. Pulmonary Complications. 16. Cardiovascular Complications. 17. Complications of Awakening. 18. Complications of Thermoregulation. 19. Complications of Positioning. 20. Pain Assessment and Management. 21. Nausea and Vomiting -- App. A Standards of Post Anesthesia Nursing Practice
