Post-Operative PrioritiesWhat the first hours after surgery are for, and what is watched.NursingRecovery is active surveillance, not observation of a stable patient.Watch closelyAirway and level of consciousnessRespiratory rate and saturationsBleeding: wound, drains, and concealedBlood pressure and pulse trendPain, nausea, and their controlUrine output and fluid balancePreventVenous thromboembolism, from day zeroChest complications: sit up, deep breathePressure damage during long immobilityUrinary retention, especially after spinalDelirium, especially in older patientsSurgical site infection: aseptic dressing careEducational reference. Post-operative instructions, observationfrequency and drain management are set by the surgical team and localPost-Operative Prioritieslearnposters.com
Post-Operative Priorities — printable life science wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

What’s on the Post-Operative Priorities poster

12 entries in 2 groups.

Recovery is active surveillance, not observation of a stable patient.

Educational reference. Post-operative instructions, observation frequency and drain management are set by the surgical team and local policy.

Questions about the Post-Operative Priorities poster

What’s on the Post-Operative Priorities poster?
12 entries in 2 groups. Recovery is active surveillance, not observation of a stable patient. Watch closely: Airway and level of consciousness, Respiratory rate and saturations, B…; Prevent: Venous thromboembolism, from day zero, Chest complications: sit up, deep bre…. Educational reference. Post-operative instructions, observation frequency and drain management are set by the surgical team and local policy.
Who is the Post-Operative Priorities poster for?
Post-Operative Priorities belongs to the Nursing section rather than to a school year, because life science is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning medical-surgical can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Post-Operative Priorities poster?
Airway, bleeding, pain, output. In that order, and repeatedly. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Post-Operative Priorities belongs on the wall where that life science work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Post-Operative Priorities?
Chest Pain: Recognise & Escalate, Acute Kidney Injury & CKD and COPD & Asthma sit alongside Post-Operative Priorities in the Nursing section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Chest Pain: Recognise & EscalateAcute Kidney Injury & CKDCOPD & Asthma
Is the Post-Operative Priorities poster free to download and print?
Yes. Post-Operative Priorities downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Nursing section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Post-Operative Priorities poster print at?
Post-Operative Priorities is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Post-Operative Priorities loses nothing.Printing guide

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