The objective of this video is to educate members of the perioperative team about the importance of a comprehensive physiological and psychological perioperative assessment.

Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:

• Describe the benefits of a comprehensive patient assessment.
• Describe the sources of assessment data.
• Explain how perioperative assessment fits into the nursing process.
• List the components of physiological and psychosocial assessment.
• Define how patient characteristics may affect the perioperative assessment process.