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Principles of Perioperative Practice

  • 1st Edition - May 11, 2000
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Martin Hind, Paul Wicker
  • Language: English

Principles of Perioperative Practice takes a practical look at the multifaceted role of the perioperative nurse. Basing their reflections on experience, the authors of each chapte… Read more

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Principles of Perioperative Practice takes a practical look at the multifaceted role of the perioperative nurse. Basing their reflections on experience, the authors of each chapter take the reader through the main issues influencing perioperative practice today. Ranging from risk assessment and health and safety to ethics, quality and new technology, the authors have managed to capture the very essence of the challenges of working in the high impact environment of the perioperative field. The focus on the multi-disciplinary team ensures that these topics are discussed in the context of day-to-day work in perioperative practice.

Key features

  • Expanding role of the nurse
  • Clear links between theory and practice
  • Emphasize perioperative role of nurse
  • First book to focus on the holistic approach to perioperative patient care.

    Readership

    Perioperative Nurses, professionals working in operating departments, GP surgeries and day surgery units.

    Table of contents

    Framework of Perioperative Care. Principles of Safe Practice in the Perioperative Environment. Education for Practice. Perioperative Communication. Quality Assurance in Perioperative Care. Perioperative Risk Management. Accountability and the Law in Perioperative Care. Ethical Issues in Perioperative Care. Changing Roles/Titles in the Perioperative Environment. Evidence Based Care in the Perioperative Environment. Budgeting. Information Technology. Recruitment and Retention Issues. Excellence in Perioperative Practice.

    Review quotes

    "I would recommend that every theatre department has a copy, as an invaluable reference source." Dina Plowes, British Journal of Perioperative Nursing,Vol 11, No 2, February 2001

    Product details

    • Edition: 1
    • Latest edition
    • Published: June 23, 2000
    • Language: English

    About the authors

    MH

    Martin Hind

    Affiliations and expertise
    Senior Lecturer in Critical Care, Institute of Health and Community Studies, Bournemouth, UK

    PW

    Paul Wicker

    Affiliations and expertise
    Programme Leader, Operating Department Practice, Edge Hill College of Higher Education, Liverpool; Past Editor of the British Journal of Perioperative Nursing; Past Chairman, Editorial Board, National Association of Theatre Nurses; External Examiner, University of Teeside, UK