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Fast facts for the operating room nurse : an orientation and care guide / Theresa Criscitelli.

Summary:

"Featuring essential information needed daily to provide optimal care to every patient, this guide condenses volumes of operating room content into one pocket-sized companion. The second edition of this nursing mentor―for novice perioperative nurses in orientation and their preceptors―is newly updated to reflect the 2017 Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) guidelines with current, evidence-based clinical practice knowledge in an easy-to-use format. A well-organized text with evidence-based directives on current perioperative standards, this handy resource covers patient safety, the surgical environment, critical thinking, immediate decisionmaking, and perioperative skills." - From publisher's description.

Record details

ISBN: 9780826140098
ISBN: 0826140092
Physical Description: xx, 192 pages : illustrations
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Springer Publishing Company, LLC, [2018]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Surgical attire -- Preoperative considerations -- Patient positioning -- Surgical skin preparation -- Draping the patient for surgery -- Operating room environment requirements -- Sterile technique -- Sterilization and central processing -- Surgical supplies -- Basic surgical procedures -- Surgical instrumentation -- Electrosurgery -- Surgical energy and stapling devices -- Surgical dressings -- Medications -- Anesthesia -- Complications and emergencies in the operating room -- Legal aspects of operating room practice.