Book Description
Practical resource for all healthcare professionals involved in day-to-day management of operating rooms of all sizes and complexity.
Author : Alan D. Kaye
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 47,13 MB
Release : 2012-10-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 110701753X
Practical resource for all healthcare professionals involved in day-to-day management of operating rooms of all sizes and complexity.
Author : Jacqueline Willingham Cordner
Publisher :
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 37,72 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Medical
ISBN :
Author : Nancymarie Phillips
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 1008 pages
File Size : 34,92 MB
Release : 2016-01-28
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0323399312
For over 50 years, Berry & Kohn’s Operating Room Technique, 13th Edition has been the text of choice for understanding basic surgical principles and techniques. Highly readable, accurate, and comprehensive, it clearly covers the "nuts and bolts" of surgical techniques in a step-by-step format that makes it easy to effectively apply basic principles to clinical practice. Expert author Nancymarie Phillips emphasizes the importance of teamwork throughout, with practical strategies and examples of how cooperation among perioperative caregivers contributes to positive patient care outcomes. With a strong focus on the physiologic, psychologic, and spiritual considerations of perioperative patients, this updated and expanded new edition gives students the knowledge they need to plan and implement comprehensive, individualized care. Detailed information on the fundamentals of perioperative nursing and surgical technology roles enhances your understanding of basic surgical principles and techniques. Emphasis on teamwork among perioperative caregivers encourages cooperation in attaining positive patient care outcomes. In-depth discussions of patients with special needs related to age or health status help you learn how to develop a plan of care tailored to the unique care parameters of all patients. Focus on the physiologic, psychologic, and spiritual considerations of perioperative patients gives you the knowledge you need to plan and implement comprehensive, individualized care. Content on perioperative patient care for both inpatient and ambulatory procedures highlights key considerations for each setting, as well as for individual surgical procedures. Chapter outlines with page numbers, chapter objectives, and key terms and definitions help you quickly find important information and focus your study time. New illustrations reflect new and changing perioperative procedures, and provide you with key safety information like how to maintain a sterile field, gown, and glove. Enhanced TEACH manual and extensive Evolve resources maximize classroom learning. All Evolve materials are highlighted within the text. Step-by-step coverage of the foundations of surgical techniques enables you to effectively apply basic principles to practice. Additional and updated tables and boxes call attention to the most important concepts from the text. References highlight the evidence-based practice approach used throughout the text.
Author : Jacqueline Willingham Cordner
Publisher :
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 45,41 MB
Release : 1967
Category : Operating room nursing
ISBN :
Author : Ronda Hughes
Publisher : Department of Health and Human Services
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 27,96 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Medical
ISBN :
"Nurses play a vital role in improving the safety and quality of patient car -- not only in the hospital or ambulatory treatment facility, but also of community-based care and the care performed by family members. Nurses need know what proven techniques and interventions they can use to enhance patient outcomes. To address this need, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), with additional funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has prepared this comprehensive, 1,400-page, handbook for nurses on patient safety and quality -- Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses. (AHRQ Publication No. 08-0043)." - online AHRQ blurb, http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nurseshdbk/
Author : Alison Smith
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 752 pages
File Size : 18,29 MB
Release : 2016-05-19
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0191059242
Concise, practical, and packed full of clinical information, the Oxford Handbook of Surgical Nursing is the essential resource for all those working in nursing practice surgery and its sub-specialties. Easily-accessible, this handbook provides all of the information and practical advice needed to care effectively and professionally for surgical patients. This handbook provides a thorough introduction to the principles and practice of the care of patients undergoing the range of surgical procedures. It covers all of the core elements of surgical care from point of diagnosis, through to discharge and rehabilitation. The Oxford Handbook of Surgical Nursing provides clinical knowledge and skills for managing complex cases in the hospital or clinic. This guide will assist the reader in understanding the core role of the surgical nurse within the modern surgical team, to plan, implement and evaluate patient care delivery, and to manage complications arising from surgery. Evidence-based, and following the latest national guidelines, you can be sure this will be an indispensable companion, for all nurses, whether new to the specialty, or more experienced in surgical care.
Author : Suzanne J. Hughes
Publisher :
Page : 663 pages
File Size : 13,91 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0199239649
The Oxford Handbook of Perioperative Practice offers readers practical, easily accessible, concise, and up-to-date evidence-based information on the essential elements of perioperative practice. It provides a thorough introduction to the principles and practice of anaesthetics, intraoperative care, and recovery nursing, focusing on the patient's journey, before, during, and after surgery. Containing many helpful illustrations and diagrams to guide the reader, along with references to national and international guidelines, the Oxford Handbook of Perioperative Practice assists practitioners in meeting the individual needs of surgical patients while ensuring safe and efficient care delivery. It enables readers to easily locate information about essential skills, patients' medical conditions, and perioperative and surgical patient management. It covers all setps of the perioperative process, and also contains an extensive section on pharmacology, as well as a section on perioperative emergencies. The book is clearly laid out and written in an easily readable note-based style. Blank pages are included for the reader, so that notes, observations, and local protocols can be included, thereby individualizing the handbook. Written by teaching staff and clinicians from the fields of nursing, operating department practice and pharmacy, the OXford Handbook of Perioperative Practice offers an interdisciplinary and interprofessional approach to perioperative practice for those studying the subject and those practicing within the perioperative environment.
Author : National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher :
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 37,57 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Medicine
ISBN :
Includes subject section, name section, and 1968-1970, technical reports.
Author : Shirley M. Brooks Tighe
Publisher :
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 27,77 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780323003506
Atlas of surgical instruments including those used for abdominal, general, endoscopic, vaginal and rectal, nervous system, peripheral vascular, cardiovascular, and thoracic, eye, ear, nose, and throat, orthopedic, oral, maxillary, and facial, plastic, and pediatric surgery.
Author : Edna Cornelia Berry
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 21,75 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Medical
ISBN :