Kate Woodhead, Lesley Fudge

Manual of Perioperative Care (eBook, PDF)

An Essential Guide

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Manual of Perioperative Care is a comprehensive manual of principles of care designed to support the clinical practice of perioperative practitioners, whether they are nurses or operating department practitioners. This book meets the needs of those studying perioperative practice as well as those who would like an up-to-date comprehensive reference on their bookshelf. It covers the fundamentals of perioperative practice, placing them within the wider context of modern surgical care. With a practical, accessible focus, aided by full colour illustrations, this book follows the journey that the patient makes through their surgical care, with sections on: * The foundation for safe and effective perioperative care * Infection prevention and control * Patient safety and managing risks * Different patient care groups * Approaches to surgery This book is essential reading for all students on perioperative courses, as well as newly qualified perioperative nurses and operating department practitioners.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118302194
• Artikelnr.: 38257593

Autorenporträt

Kate Woodhead runs a Healthcare Consultancy business specialising in the perioperative field. She is a former President of the International Federation of Perioperative Nurses (2002-2006), and between 1998-2001 served as National Association of Theatre Nurses, Chairman. Lesley Fudge is an Independent Consultant and past National Secretary of AfPP (formerly NATN) and is the Vice Chairman of the Latex Allergy Support Group. She was also a co-founder and past CEO of Friends of African Nursing and served as Treasurer of the International Federation of Perioperative Nurses.

Inhaltsangabe

About the Editors viii
Contributors ix
Foreword 1 Jane H. Reid xv
Foreword 2 Professor Lord Ara Darzi xvii
Section 1 Foundation for Safe Perioperative Care 1
1 The Context of Perioperative Care 3
Kate Woodhead and Lesley Fudge
2 Preoperative Assessment 11
Jane Jackson
3 Communication 23
Libby Campbell
4 The Perioperative Environment 33
Hazel Parkinson
Section 2 Infection Prevention in Perioperative Care 41
5 Infection Prevention 43
Martin Kiernan
6 Introduction to Decontamination and Sterilisation 56
Wayne Spencer
7 Wound Healing and Surgical Site Infection 70
Melissa Rochon
Section 3 Patient Safety and Managing Risks in Perioperative Care 83
8 Preoperative Care 85
Mark Radford and Ross Palmer
9 Anaesthetic Care 101
Russell Chilton and Ross Thompson
10 Medicines Management 117
Joanne Dickson
11 Fluid Replacement and Blood Transfusion 127
Fiona Martin
12 Intraoperative Care 135
Paul Rawling
13 Safer Moving and Handling and Patient Positioning 141
Susan Pirie
14 Pressure Area Care and Tissue Viability 151
Zena Moore
15 Thermoregulation 157
Eileen Scott
16 Venous Thrombosis Prophylaxis 163
Sue Bacon
17 Care of Surgical Instruments 171
Jane Smith
18 Swab and Instrument Count 177
Diane Gilmour
19 Care of Specimens 184
Rosanne Macqueen
20 Managing High-Risk Equipment 190
Chris Earl
21 Medical Imaging and Radiation 203
Johnathan Hewis and Sarah Naylor
22 Death in the Perioperative Environment 213
Kevin Henshaw
23 Postoperative Care 219
Pat Smedley and Natalie Quine
24 Pain Management 239
Felicia Cox
Section 4 Different Patient Care Groups 253
25 Neonatal Surgery 255
Helen Carter
26 Paediatric Surgery 263
Helen Carter
27 Care of the Adolescent in Surgery 271
Liz McArthur
28 Care of the Elderly Patient 279
Rita Hehir
29 Bariatric Surgery 285
Saheba Iaciofano
30 Perioperative Care of the Pregnant Woman 293
Adrienne Montgomery
Section 5 Different Approaches to Surgery 299
31 Key Principles of Laparoscopic Surgery 301
Joanne Johnson
32 Key Principles of Endoscopic Surgery 308
Louise Wall
Index 320