[Verified Answer]: The penoperative surse encourages a famly…

The penoperative surse encourages a famly member or friend to remain with a patient in the preoperative holding area until the patient is twhes into the operating room primarly to: Antwen: M-D A Protect the paSient foom cross-contamination with other patients, B Enture the proper identifiabion of the patient prior to surgery. C Hifp reteve the stress of teparation for the patient and sighificant others. 0 Assidt the perioperative nurse to oblain a complete patient history.