Enhanced! A strong safety focus includes increased coverage of malignant hyperthermia, bullying and zero-tolerance policies, airway fire, verbal orders, medications, patient identification, pharmacology for bariatric patients, calculating blood loss, National Patient Safety Goals, and more. NEW! Pros and Cons boxes provide the positive and negative aspects of specific perioperative practices, allowing nurses to better understand their choices in patient care. Improved!Emphasis on qualitygives you the most current information on magnet status, performing an effective 5-minute assessment, the nurse practitioner as first assistant, accurately marking specimens, patient positioning, surgical conscience, and working with outsiders inside the OR environment. NEW! Coverage of new equipment, including: sponge-counting machines, Lapra-TY, silver-infused dressings, neat suture books, and more. NEW! Body Spectrum added to Evolve site to help you review anatomy and physiology.
Section I: Fundamentals of Theory and Practice 1.Perioperative Education 2.Foundations of Perioperative Patient Care Standards 3.Legal, Regulatory, and Ethical Issues Section II: The Perioperative Patient Care Team 4.The Perioperative Patient Care Team and Professional Credentialing 5.The Surgical First Assistant 6.Administration of Perioperative Patient Care Services Section III: The Patient as a Unique Individual 7.The Patient: The Reason for Your Existence 8.Perioperative Pediatrics 9.Perioperative Geriatrics Section IV: The Perioperative Environment 10.Physical Facilities 11.Ambulatory Surgery Centers and Alternative Surgical Locations 12.Care of the Perioperative Environment 13.Potential Sources of Injury to the Caregiver and the Patient Section V: Surgical Asepsis and Sterile Technique 14.Surgical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Therapy 15.Principles of Aseptic and Sterile Technique 16.Appropriate Attire, Surgical Hand Hygiene, Gowning and Gloving 17.Decontamination and Disinfection 18.Sterilization Section VI: Surgical Instrumentation and Equipment 19.Surgical Instrumentation 20.Specialized Surgical Equipment Section VII: Preoperative Patient Care 21.Preoperative Preparation of the Patient 22.Diagnostics, Specimens, and Oncologic Considerations Section VIII: Pharmacology and Anesthesia 23.Surgical Pharmacology 24.Anesthesia: Techniques and Agents Section IX: Intraoperative Patient Care 25.Coordinated Roles of the Scrub Person and the Circulating Nurse 26.Positioning, Prepping, and Draping the Patient 27.Physiologic Maintenance and Monitoring of the Perioperative Patient Section X: Surgical Site Management 28.Surgical Incisions, Implants, and Wound Closure 29.Wound Healing and Hemostasis Section XI: Perianesthesia and Postprocedural Patient Care 30.Postoperative Patient Care 31.Potential Perioperative Complications Section XII: Surgical Specialties 32.Endoscopy and Robotic-Assisted Surgery 33.General Surgery 34.Gynecologic and Obstetric Surgery 35.Urologic Surgery 36.Orthopedic Surgery 37.Neurosurgery of the Brain and Peripheral Nerves 38.Spinal Surgery 39.Ophthalmic Surgery 40.Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 41.Otorhinolaryngologic and Head and Neck Surgery 42.Thoracic Surgery 43.Cardiac Surgery 44.Vascular Surgery 45.Organ Procurement and Transplantation
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