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

Koebner phenomenon is the development of isomorphic pathologic lesions to traumatized skin of patients with a history of psoriasis Heinrich Koebner a German dermatologist first described this phenomenon in With the evolving popularity of tattoos which causes mechanical injury to the skin much discussion will be required to disseminate relevant information regarding Koebner phenomenon in obtaining an accurate clinical diagnosis