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    • Robotic Surgery, An Issue of Perioperative Nursing Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 6-3
      • October 3, 2011
      • John Zender
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 1 4 5 5 7 0 4 8 6 6
      This issue of Perioperative Nursing Clinics will focus on Robotic Surgery. Article topics will include robotic cardiac surgery, robotic urologic surgery, anesthesia with robotic surgery, robotic surgery in a rural hospital, patient positioning, keeping pace with robotic technology, and educational competencies for robotic surgery.

    • Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, An Issue of Perioperative Nursing Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 6-2
      • May 31, 2011
      • Debbie Hickman Mathis
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 1 4 5 5 7 7 9 8 8 8
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 5 5 7 0 9 4 5 8
      This issue of Perioperative Nursing Clinics, Guest Edited by Debbie H. Mathis RN, MS, CNOR, RNFA, will focus on Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, with topics including: The role of interruptions in the OR; Surgical site infections; Special considerations for history and physical for plastic, cosmetic, and reconstructive patients; History and assessment requirement for ambulatory plastic and reconstructive surgery; and Skin assessment.

    • Instrumentation for the Operating Room

      • 8th Edition
      • March 8, 2011
      • Shirley M. Tighe
      • English
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 2 4 2 4 2 4
      With more than 1,000 photographs of surgical instruments and instrument tips in the book and online, Instrumentation for the Operating Room: A Photographic Manual, 8th Edition, shows more illustrations than any other manual. Instruments are organized by surgical specialty, beginning with basic sets and progressing to more advanced sets. Instructions on preparation, sterilization, and setup, as well as clear explanations for common surgical procedures can be found throughout the book. Within each chapter, instruments are commonly featured individually and as parts of sets, often showing close-up, individual tips. Written by an experienced perioperative nurse, Shirley Tighe, this edition includes new photographs of the operating room and of robotic and micro-surgical instruments, plus a companion Evolve website with additional photographs, flashcards, and review questions.

    • Infection Prevention in the Perioperative Setting: Zero Tolerance for Infections, An Issue of Perioperative Nursing Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 5-4
      • December 9, 2010
      • George Allen
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 1 4 3 7 7 2 4 8 2 0
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 5 5 7 0 0 5 4 7
      This issue of Perioperative Nursing Clinics, Guest Edited by George Allen, features subject topics such as: OR Attire's Potential for Infection Transmission; Strategies for Preventing Sharps Injuries; Managing Patients with MDROs – Implementing Isolation Procedures in the Perioperative Setting; Anesthesia Care Providers – Identifying/Mitigati... Potential for Infection Transmission; Urinary Catheter Insertion and Care in the Perioperative Setting; Hand Hygiene and the Surgical Team; Outlining Effective Strategies for Preventing SSI; Environmental Sanitation – Review of New Technologies; Reprocessing Instruments: Focus on Eye Surgery and TASS (Toxic Anterior Segment Syndrome); Skin Prepping to Maximize Positive Outcomes; Improving the process of supplying instruments from central processing to the OR using the LEAN method; Using Performance Improvement Methodology in Finding the Cause of Increase Biological Cultures in the Operating Room and Solutions for Corrections.

    • Surgical Instruments

      • 4th Edition
      • October 1, 2010
      • Maryann Papanier Wells
      • English
      • Spiral-bound
        9 7 8 1 4 3 7 7 2 2 4 9 9
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 3 7 7 2 0 1 9 8
      Make sure you can identify the many different types of surgical instruments! Surgical Instruments: A Pocket Guide, 4th Edition is a quick "go-to" source for information on over 160 of the most commonly used surgical instruments. Each two-page spread features full-color photos of an instrument and its tip (if applicable), and then describes how it is used, its common variations, and any alternative names. Written by Maryann Papanier Wells, this compact, durable reference is easy to keep with you at all times. With instruments alphabetized within each major instrument class, locating specific information has never been easier!

    • Sterilization and Disinfection for the Perioperative Nurse, An Issue of Perioperative Nursing Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 5-3
      • September 28, 2010
      • Terrie Goodman-Kent
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 1 4 3 7 7 2 4 8 1 3
      This issue of Perioperative Nursing Clinics, Guest Edited by Terri Goodman-Kent, features subject topics such as: high temperature, low temperature sterilization; flash sterilization; Environmental Management; Monitoring, Packaging, Education in Sterilization and Disinfection; Reprocessing of Single Use Devices.

    • Pain Assessment and Pharmacologic Management

      • 1st Edition
      • July 3, 2010
      • Chris Pasero + 1 more
      • English
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 0 8 2 6 3 1
      Pain Assessment and Pharmacologic Management, by highly renowned authors Chris Pasero and Margo McCaffery, is destined to become the definitive resource in pain management in adults. It provides numerous reproducible tables, boxes, and figures that can be used in clinical practice, and emphasizes the benefits of a multimodal analgesic approach throughout. In addition, Patient Medication Information forms for the most commonly used medications in each analgesic group can be copied and given to patients. This title is an excellent resource for nurses to become certified in pain management.

    • Radiology, An Issue of Perioperative Nursing Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 5-2
      • June 29, 2010
      • Kathleen A. Gross
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 1 4 3 7 7 1 8 5 8 4
      This issue of Perioperative Nursing Clinics, Guest Edited by Kathleen Gross, MSN, RN, BVC, CRN, on the topic of Radiology will include the following article topics: Contrast Media Nephropathy; Vein Ablation/Sclerothera... Radiation Exposure; Embolic and Sclerotherapy Agents; CO2 Contrast; Sepsis in the Perioperative/Radiol... Area; Local Anesthetics Used in Perioperative Areas; Hybrid IR; Uterine Artery Embolization; Periprocedural Hemostasis Management; Intraoperative MRI; Vertebral Augmentation: Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty; and IVC Filters.

    • Surgical Instruments, An Issue of Perioperative Nursing Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 5-1
      • March 9, 2010
      • Kathleen B. Gaberson
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 1 4 3 7 7 1 8 5 7 7
      This issue of Perioperative Nursing Clinics, Guest Edited by Katherine Gaberson, PhD, RN, CNOR, on the topic of Surgical Instruments will include the following article topics: History of Surgical Instruments; Nursing Role in Creating New Instruments; Best Practices Related to Instrument Counts; Innovations in Instrument Care; Evidence Base for Hands-Free Techniques; Evidence Base for Sharps Design to Prevent Injury; Robotic Surgery Instrumentation; Instrument Readiness as a Patient Safety Issue; Cost Analysis of Outsourcing Instrument Repair and Refurbishing; Innovative Techniques for teaching Instrumentation; Best Practices for Reducing Instrument Loss; Providing Surgical Instruments for Medical Missions; and Humor Involving Surgical Instruments.

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