Wicker / O'Neill Caring for the Perioperative Patient

2. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-118-68717-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 440 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Essential Clinical Skills

Caring for the Perioperative Patient is a practical, evidence-basedand innovative book that identifies and discusses the essentialcore skills and knowledge required by perioperative practitionersto care for their patients. Divided into two sections, thefirst explores core perioperative issues, such as pharmacology,communication, homeostasis, and equipment. The second part ofthe book looks at more specific perioperative practice issues,including enhanced competence, patient preparation, and care of thepatient during anaesthesia, surgery, and recovery.
This updated new edition is skills-focused and uses examples oftechniques or procedures to illustrate how skills can be applied inperioperative practice. It is essential reading for nurses oroperating department practitioners (ODPs) who perform scrub,circulating, anaesthetic and recovery roles whilst caring forperioperative patients, as well as nursing and ODP students workingin perioperative care.
* New edition of a successful text for perioperativepractitioners and students
* Emphasises holistic patient centred care
* Focused on key skills and knowledge required bypractitioners
* Explores the evidence-base for safe and effective practice

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wicker, Paul

O'Neill, Joy

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Mary Moore Associate Director, NationalOrthopaedic Project, Department of Health, London
Preface
Acknowledgements
Section 1 Core Issues
1 Perioperative homeostasis (Paul Wicker).
2 Managing perioperative equipment (JoyO'Neill).
3 Perioperative pharmacology (Paul Wicker and AfricaBocos).
4 Perioperative communication (JoyO'Neill).
5 Managing perioperative risks (JoyO'Neill).
Section 2 Perioperative Practice
6 A route to enhanced competence in perioperative care(Paul Wicker and Jill Ferbrache).
7 Preoperative preparation of perioperative patients(Paul Wicker).
8 Patient care during anaesthesia (JoyO'Neill).
9 Patient care during surgery (Paul Wicker and AdeleNightingale).
10 Patient care during recovery (Paul Wicker andFelicia Cox).
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Paul Wicker is Programme Leader of the Diploma in OperatingDepartment Practice at Edge Hill College of Higher Education,Liverpool
Joy O'Neill is Training and Development Co-ordinator inthe Theatre Department at Royal Oldham Hospital, Pennine Acute NHSHospital Trust