Fast Facts for the Operating Room Nurse, Third Edition (eBook)

An Orientation and Care Guide

Theresa Criscitelli (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021 | 3., Third Edition, New Edition
226 Seiten
Springer Publishing Company (Verlag)
9780826156112 (ISBN)

Infos

New OR nurses will welcome the third edition of this handy orientation-in-a-book, which distills volumes of operating room knowledge into one concise resource. Presenting complex skills and techniques in a simple and easy-to-follow format, the third edition is newly updated with AORN's 2021 guidelines and contains new chapters on Emergency Preparedness for Disaster, and Lifelong Learning and Professional Development.This pocket-sized resource delivers current, evidence-based information in all the key areas of perioperative nursing with updated standards and techniques. Written in bulleted format with brief paragraphs, this guide is organized to provide quick access to essential information on basic preparation, safety guidelines, and day-to-day practice in the OR. Beginning with surgery preparation, chapters then address the practice environment and surgical supplies, followed by basic surgical procedures.New to the Third Edition:Updated with 2021 AORN guidelines and regulatory standardsRevised with new evidence-based information on surgical attire, telehealth visits, cleaning of equipment, sterile technique, use of hybrid operating rooms, anesthesia, and ACLS protocolNew chapter: Emergency Preparedness for DisasterNew chapter: Lifelong Learning and Professional DevelopmentKey Features:Provides essential knowledge for new nurses and their preceptorsKeeps experienced perioperative nurses up to date on changing operating room standardsWritten in bulleted format with brief paragraphs for speedy information retrievalIncludes Fast Facts boxes with self-assessment questions and clinical pearls

Inhalt

Section I: Personal and Patient Preparation

Chapter 1: Surgical Attire

Chapter 2: Preoperative Considerations

Chapter 3: Patient Positioning

Chapter 4: Surgical Skin Preparation

Chapter 5: Draping the Patient for Surgery

Section II: Environment and Processing Considerations

Chapter 6: Operating Room Environment Requirements

Chapter 7: Sterile Technique

Chapter 8: Sterilization and Central Processing

Chapter 9: Surgical Supplies

Section III: Surgical Basics

Chapter 10: Basic Surgical Procedures

Chapter 11: Surgical Instrumentation

Chapter 12: Electrosurgery

Chapter 13: Surgical Energy and Stapling Devices

Chapter 14: Surgical Dressings

Section IV: Additional Operating Room Considerations

Chapter 15: Medications

Chapter 16: Anesthesia

Chapter 17: Complications and Emergencies in the Operating Room

Chapter 18: Emergency Preparedness for Disaster

Chapter 19: Legal Aspects of Operating Room Practice

Chapter 20: Lifelong Learning

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.2.2022
• Reihe/Serie: Fast Facts
• Reihe/Serie: Fast Facts
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Pflege ► Fachpflege ► Anästhesie / Intensivmedizin
• Themenwelt: Pflege ► Fachpflege ► Chirurgie / OP-Pflege / Orthopädie
• Schlagworte: clinical reasoning,critical thinking,healthcare providers,operating room,patient safety,perioperative environment,perioperative nurses
• ISBN-13: 9780826156112 / 9780826156112