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Nurse Anesthesia

  • 6th Edition - May 23, 2017
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Sass Elisha, John J. Nagelhout
  • Language: English

Gain a thorough understanding of nursing anesthesia with the most comprehensive text on the market. Written by leading expert, John Nagelhout, CRNA, PhD, FAAN, and new co… Read more

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Gain a thorough understanding of nursing anesthesia with the most comprehensive text on the market. Written by leading expert, John Nagelhout, CRNA, PhD, FAAN, and new contributing author Sass Elisha, EdD, CRNA, Nurse Anesthesia, 6th Edition features both scientific principles and evidence-based material. Inside you’ll find a solid introduction to the history, education, and legal issues of nurse anesthetist, its scientific foundations, equipment and monitoring, and preoperative evaluation and preparation of the patient. This new edition includes chapters on patient centered care and cultural competence, additional drugs of interest, blood and blood component therapy, anesthesia management for patients with cardiac devices, anesthesia for robotic surgery, anesthesia for transplant surgery and organ procurement, and physiology and management of acute and chronic pain. Not only a key reference for practicing nurse anesthetists, this bestseller prepares you for certification and today's clinical anesthesia practice.

Key features

  • New coverage includes the latest specifics of pharmacokinetics, drug delivery systems, opiate antagonists, and key induction drugs.
  • Updated information on patient safety, monitoring, and pharmacology.
  • Unique! Expert CRNA authors provide the current clinical information that you will use in daily practice.
  • Over 700 tables and boxes highlight the most essential information in a quick, easy-to-reference format.
  • Easy-to-use organization covers basic principles first, and builds on those with individual chapters for each surgical specialty.
  • Updated TJC standards for monitoring and administering moderate sedation/analgesia.

Table of contents

Unit I: Professional Issues

1. Nurse Anesthesia: A History of Challenge

2. Nurse Anesthesia Specialty Practice and Education in the United States

3. Patient Centered Care, Cultural Competence and Nurse Anesthesia Practice

Unit II: Scientific Foundations

4. Nurse Anesthesia Research: Empowering Decision Making Through Evidence Based Practice

5. General Principles, Pharmacodynamics, and Drug Receptor Concepts

6. Pharmacokinetics

7. Pharmacokinetics of Inhalation Anesthetics

8. Inhalation Anesthetics

9. Intravenous Induction Agents

10. Local Anesthetics

11. Opioid Agonists and Antagonists

12. Neuromuscular Blocking Agents, Reversal Agents, and Their Monitoring

13. Autonomic and Cardiac Pharmacology

14. Additional Drugs of Interest

15. Chemistry and Physics of Anesthesia

Unit III: Technology Related to Anesthesia Practice

16. Anesthesia Equipment

17. Clinical Monitoring I: Cardiovascular System

18. Clinical Monitoring II: Respiratory and Metabolic Systems

19. Clinical Monitoring III: Neurologic System

Unit IV: Preoperative Preparation

20. Preoperative Evaluation and Preparation of the Patient

Unit V: Intraoperative Management

21. Fluids, Electrolytes, and Goal-Directed Therapy

22. Blood and Blood Component Therapy

23. Positioning for Anesthesia and Surgery

24. Airway Management

25. Cardiovascular Anatomy, Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Anesthesia Management

26. Anesthesia for Cardiac Surgery

27. Anesthesia Management for Patients with Cardiac Devices

28. Anesthesia for Vascular Surgery

29. Respiratory Anatomy, Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Anesthesia Management

30. Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery

31. Neuroanatomy, Neurophysiology, and Neuroanesthesia

32. Renal Anatomy, Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Anesthesia Management

33. Hepatobiliary and Gastrointestinal Disturbances and Anesthesia

34. Anesthesia for Laparoscopic Surgery

35. Anesthesia for Robotic Surgery

36. Musculoskeletal System Anatomy, Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Anesthesia Management

37. The Endocrine System and Anesthesia

38. Hematology and Anesthesia

39. Thermal Injury and Anesthesia

40. Trauma Anesthesia

41. Anesthesia for Transplant Surgery and Organ Procurement

42. Outpatient Anesthesia

43. Anesthesia for Ear, Nose, Throat, and Maxillofacial Surgery

44. Anesthesia for Ophthalmic Procedures

45. Anesthesia for Orthopedics and Podiatry

46. The Immune System and Anesthesia

47. Anesthesia and Laser Surgery

48. Obesity and Anesthesia Practice

49. Regional Anesthesia: Spinal and Epidural Anesthesia

50. Regional Anesthesia: Upper and Lower Extremity Blocks

51. Obstetric Anesthesia

52. Neonatal Anesthesia

53. Pediatric Anesthesia

54. Geriatrics and Anesthesia Practice

55. Postanesthesia Recovery

56. Acute Pain: Physiology and Management

57. Chronic Pain: Physiology and Management

58. Non-Operating Room Anesthesia

59. Anesthesia Complications

Product details

  • Edition: 6
  • Latest edition
  • Published: December 27, 2016
  • Language: English

About the authors

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Sass Elisha

Assistant Director Sass Elisha works at the Kaiser Permanente School of Anesthesia, Pasadena, California.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Director, Kaiser Permanente School of Anesthesia, Pasadena, California, USA

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John J. Nagelhout

John J. Nagelhout is a Director at the School of Anesthesia, Kaiser Permanente, California State University-Fullerton, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Pasadena, CA.
Affiliations and expertise
Director, School of Anesthesia, Kaiser Permanente, California State University-Fullerton, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Pasadena, CA, USA