“Understand the types of drugs used in the recovery of a patient”
Course Content
In this session, we will examine the effect of the choice of medications used in postoperative recovery and the associated outcome for the patients.
Learning Outcomes
In this session you will:
- Understand the types of drugs used in the recovery of a patient
- Discuss the effects of various medications on postoperative recovery times
- Consider potential adverse outcomes of medications used in PACU
- Learn the potential implications of postoperative medications on discharge from PACU


RN, MSN
Lilliana Levada is an experienced clinician with over 35 years of clinical experience in perioperative nursing (instrument, circulatory, anaesthetic, PACU, educator, consultant and manager nursing roles), intensive care nursing, patient flow management, after-hours hospital management and patient safety management…Read More>>