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Berry & Kohn's Operating Room Technique

  • 14th Edition - May 5, 2020
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Nancymarie Phillips, Anita Hornacky
  • Language: English

**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Perioperative**Easily learn how to apply basic surgical principles and techniques with Berry &… Read more

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**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Perioperative**

Easily learn how to apply basic surgical principles and techniques with Berry & Kohn’s Operating Room Technique, 14th Edition. For over 50 years, this highly readable text has been trusted to clearly cover the "nuts and bolts" of surgical techniques in a step-by-step format. Expert authors Nancymarie Phillips and Anita Hornacky emphasize the importance of teamwork throughout, with practical strategies and examples of how cooperation among perioperative caregivers contributes to positive patient care outcomes. With a strong focus on the physiologic, psychologic, and spiritual considerations of perioperative patients, this extensively updated new edition gives you the knowledge you need to plan and implement comprehensive, individualized care.

Key features

  • Detailed information on the fundamentals of perioperative nursing and surgical technology roles enhance students’ understanding of basic surgical principles and techniques.
  • Emphasis on teamwork among perioperative caregivers encourages cooperation in attaining positive patient care outcomes.
  • In-depth discussions of patients with special needs related to age or health status help students learn how to develop a plan of care tailored to the unique care needs of all patients.
  • Focus on the physiologic, psychologic and spiritual considerations of patients gives students the knowledge they need to plan and implement comprehensive, individualized care.
  • Vivid high-quality illustrations reflect the latest in perioperative procedures and provide key safety information.
  • Coverage of both inpatient and ambulatory procedures highlights key considerations for each settings as well as for individual surgical procedures.
  • Chapter outlines with page numbers, chapter objectives, and key terms and definitions help students quickly find important information and focus study time.
  • Enhanced TEACH manual and extensive Evolve resources maximize classroom learning.
  • Step-by-step coverage of the foundations of surgical techniques enables students to effectively apply basic principles to practice.
  • Updated tables and boxes call attention to the most important concepts from the text.
  • References highlight the evidence-based practice approach used throughout the text.

Table of contents

Section 1: Fundamentals of Theory and Practice

1. Perioperative Education

2. Foundations of Perioperative Patient Care Standards

3. Legal, Regulatory, and Ethical Issues

Section 2: The Perioperative Patient Care Team

4. The Perioperative Patient Care Team and Professional Credentialing

5. The Surgical First Assistant

6. Administration of Perioperative Patient Care Services

Section 3: The Patient as a Unique Individual

7. The Patient: The Reason for Your Existence

8. Perioperative Pediatrics

9. Perioperative Geriatrics

Section 4: The Perioperative Environment

10. Physical Facilities

11. Ambulatory Surgery Centers and Alternative Surgical Locations

12. Care of the Perioperative Environment

13. Potential Sources of Injury to the Caregiver and the Patient

Section 5: Surgical Asepsis and Sterile Technique

14. Surgical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Therapy

15. Principles of Aseptic and Sterile Technique

16. Appropriate Attire, Surgical Hand Hygiene, Gowning and Gloving

17. Decontamination and Disinfection

18. Sterilization

Section 6: Surgical Instrumentation and Equipment

19. Surgical Instrumentation

20. Specialized Surgical Equipment

Section 7: Preoperative Patient Care

21. Preoperative Preparation of the Patient

22. Diagnostics, Specimens, and Oncologic Considerations

Section 8: Pharmacology and Anesthesia

23. Surgical Pharmacology

24. Anesthesia: Techniques and Agents

Section 9: Intraoperative Patient Care

25. Coordinated Roles of the Scrub Person and the Circulating Nurse

26. Positioning, Prepping, and Draping the Patient

27. Physiologic Maintenance and Monitoring of the Perioperative Patient

Section 10: Surgical Site Management

28. Surgical Incisions, Implants, and Wound Closure

29. Wound Healing and Hemostasis

Section 11: Perianesthesia and Postprocedural Patient Care

30. Postoperative Patient Care

31. Potential Perioperative Complications

Section 12: Surgical Specialties

32. Endoscopy and Robotic-Assisted Surgery

33. General Surgery

34. Gynecologic and Obstetric Surgery

35. Urologic Surgery

36. Orthopedic Surgery

37. Neurosurgery of the Brain and Peripheral Nerves

38. Spinal Surgery

39. Ophthalmic Surgery

40. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

41. Otorhinolaryngologic and Head and Neck Surgery

42. Thoracic Surgery

43. Cardiac Surgery

44. Vascular Surgery

45. Organ Procurement and Transplantation

Product details

  • Edition: 14
  • Latest edition
  • Published: June 22, 2020
  • Language: English

About the authors

NP

Nancymarie Phillips

Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emeritus, Lakeland Community College, Director Department of Perioperative Education, Perioperative Nursing, Registered Nurse, First Assistants, Surgical Technology, Kirkland, Ohio, USA

AH

Anita Hornacky

Affiliations and expertise
Perioperative Educator, Surgical Pharmacology and Orthopedics, Lakeland Community College, Kirkland, Ohio, USA