Fast Facts for the Operating Room Nurse, Third Edition - Theresa Criscitelli

Fast Facts for the Operating Room Nurse, Third Edition

An Orientation and Care Guide
Buch | Softcover
226 Seiten
2021 | 3rd New edition
Springer Publishing Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8261-5607-5 (ISBN)
66,10 inkl. MwSt
A pocket-sized resource that 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, the guide provides quick access to essential information on basic preparation, safety guidelines, and day-to-day practice in the OR.
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 standards

Revised with new evidence-based information on surgical attire, telehealth visits, cleaning of equipment, sterile technique, use of hybrid operating rooms, anesthesia, and ACLS protocol

New chapter: Emergency Preparedness for Disaster

New chapter: Lifelong Learning and Professional Development



Key Features:





Provides essential knowledge for new nurses and their preceptors

Keeps experienced perioperative nurses up to date on changing operating room standards

Written in bulleted format with brief paragraphs for speedy information retrieval

Includes Fast Facts boxes with self-assessment questions and clinical pearls

Theresa Criscitelli, EdD, RN, CNOR, is assistant vice president of administration and oversees the perioperative and procedural services at New York University (NYU) Winthrop Hospital, Mineola, New York. She also serves as adjunct nursing professor at Adelphi University, Garden City, New York.

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

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Fast Facts
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Gewicht 240 g
Themenwelt Pflege Fachpflege Anästhesie / Intensivmedizin
Pflege Fachpflege Chirurgie / OP-Pflege / Orthopädie
ISBN-10 0-8261-5607-X / 082615607X
ISBN-13 978-0-8261-5607-5 / 9780826156075
Zustand Neuware
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