RN Registered Nurse- Surgical Services FT Days 3K SIGN-ON BONUS. Description: GENERAL SUMMARY The Registered Nurse provides safe and effective nursing care to all patients utilizing the nursing process of assessment, planning,...
tonsillectomy - surgical removal of the palatine tonsils; commonly performed along with adenoidectomy. ablation, cutting out, extirpation, excision - surgical removal of a body part or tissue.
The surgery is most often performed on children. The procedure to remove the tonsils is called a tonsillectomy; excision of the adenoids is an adenoidectomy. Both procedures are often performed at the same time; hence the surgery is known as a tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy, or T&A.