This course introduces classic nursing principles that underpin clinical practice in perioperative nursing. Frameworks include principles such as comfort measures, assessment of patients both preoperatively, intraoperatively and postoperatively, environmental concerns, positioning and transporting, asepsis and sterile technique, medication administration, intrusive therapies and use of the nursing process with particular emphasis on the intervention component. Concepts related to nursing fundamentals and nursing care are integrated throughout the course. The campus laboratory and clinical settings will afford practical experience in application of the principles and skills taught in the theory portion of this class.