The document outlines preoperative nursing management. It defines perioperative nursing as involving three phases: preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative. The preoperative phase occurs from the decision for surgery until the patient enters the operating room. Preadmission testing, assessment of patient factors, special considerations, medications, consent, and nursing interventions are discussed as being part of preoperative nursing management. Education on deep breathing exercises and other measures aim to prevent postoperative complications.