Pre-Operative Frailty Screening and Prehabilitation: Implementing the Risk Analysis Index (RAI)

This recorded, knowledge-based presentation outlines the problem of surgical frailty, describes the surgical pause as one solution, and reviews how it impacts surgical outcomes. It also introduces the Risk Analysis Index (RAI), demonstrating how it can be introduced easily into the workflow of outpatient surgical clinics, taking only 30 seconds per patient. This course is accredited for ACCME, ACCME-NP, ANCC, JA IPCE. To receive credits, please login to TMS and search for course: VA 43440. The primary target audience for this activity consists of nurses and nurse administrators working in surgical clinics considering implementation of preoperative frailty screening and prehabilitation.