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Caring for the Perioperative Patient

Paul Wicker (Author), Joy O'Neill (Author)

9781405188500, Wiley

Paperback / softback, published 13 April 2010

448 pages
18.8 x 12.4 x 2.4 cm, 0.417 kg

Caring for the Perioperative Patient is a practical, evidence-based and innovative book that identifies and discusses the essential core skills and knowledge required by perioperative practitioners to care for their patients.  Divided into two sections, the first explores core perioperative issues, such as pharmacology, communication, homeostasis, and equipment.  The second part of the book looks at more specific perioperative practice issues, including enhanced competence, patient preparation, and care of the patient during anaesthesia, surgery, and recovery. 

This updated new edition is skills-focused and uses examples of techniques or procedures to illustrate how skills can be applied in perioperative practice.  It is essential reading for nurses or operating department practitioners (ODPs) who perform scrub, circulating, anaesthetic and recovery roles whilst caring for perioperative patients, as well as nursing and ODP students working in perioperative care.

  • New edition of a successful text for perioperative practitioners and students
  • Emphasises holistic patient centred care
  • Focused on key skills and knowledge required by practitioners
  • Explores the evidence-base for safe and effective practice

Foreword by Mary Moore Associate Director, National Orthopaedic Project, Department of Health, London vi
Preface viii
Acknowledgements xii

Section 1 Core Issues 1

1 Perioperative homeostasis 2
Paul Wicker

2 Managing perioperative equipment 51
Joy O'Neill

3 Perioperative pharmacology 101
Paul Wicker and Africa Bocos

4 Perioperative communication 134
Joy O'Neill

5 Managing perioperative risks 179
Joy O'Neill

Section 2 Perioperative Practice 229

6 A route to enhanced competence in perioperative care 230
Paul Wicker and Jill Ferbrache

7 Preoperative preparation of perioperative patients 247
Paul Wicker

8 Patient care during anaesthesia 271
Joy O'Neill

9 Patient care during surgery 339
Paul Wicker and Adele Nightingale

10 Patient care during recovery 379
Paul Wicker and Felicia Cox

Index 413

Subject Areas: Nursing & ancillary services [MQ]
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