Cannabis Use: Change in Screening for Primary Care Preoperative Clearance

Patients are required to obtain preoperative screening 30 days before elective surgery with an emphasis on testing and tools identify patients at risk for perioperative, intraoperative, postoperative complications. Surgical complications being reported in who have recently consumed cannabis surgery. As use becomes more prevalent both medicinal recreational reasons, the lack of evidence-based guidelines primary care setting surgical is problematic. To prevent complications, advanced practice registered nurses must a thorough history education abstaining from