Caring for the Perioperative Patient

Caring for the Perioperative Patient is a practical, evidence-based and innovative book that identifies and discusses the essential core skills and knowledge required by perioperative practitioners to care for their patients. Divided into two sections, the first explores core perioperative issues, such as pharmacology, communication, homeostasis, and equipment. The second part of the book looks at more specific perioperative practice issues, including enhanced competence, patient preparation, and care of the patient during anaesthesia, surgery, and recovery. This updated new edition is skills-focused and uses examples of techniques or procedures to illustrate how skills can be applied in perioperative practice. It is essential reading for nurses or operating department practitioners (ODPs) who perform scrub, circulating, anaesthetic and recovery roles whilst caring for perioperative patients, as well as nursing and ODP students working in perioperative care. New edition of a successful text for perioperative practitioners and students Emphasises holistic patient centred care Focused on key skills and knowledge required by practitioners Explores the evidence-base for safe and effective practice

Caring for the Perioperative Patient is a practical, evidence-basedand innovative book that identifies and discusses the essentialcore skills and knowledge required by perioperative practitionersto care for their patients. Divided into two sections, thefirst explores core perioperative issues, such as pharmacologycommunication, homeostasis, and equipment. The second part ofthe book looks at more specific perioperative practice issuesincluding enhanced competence, patient preparation, and care of thepatient during anaesthesia, surgery, and recovery.This updated new edition is skills-focused and uses examples oftechniques or procedures to illustrate how skills can be applied inperioperative practice. It is essential reading for nurses oroperating department practitioners (ODPs) who perform scrubcirculating, anaesthetic and recovery roles whilst caring forperioperative patients, as well as nursing and ODP students workingin perioperative care.* New edition of a successful text for perioperativepractitioners and students* Emphasises holistic patient centred care* Focused on key skills and knowledge required bypractitioners* Explores the evidence-base for safe and effective practice

Foreword by Mary Moore Associate Director, NationalOrthopaedic Project, Department of Health, LondonPrefaceAcknowledgementsSection 1 Core Issues1 Perioperative homeostasis (Paul Wicker).2 Managing perioperative equipment (JoyO'Neill).3 Perioperative pharmacology (Paul Wicker and AfricaBocos).4 Perioperative communication (JoyO'Neill).5 Managing perioperative risks (JoyO'Neill).Section 2 Perioperative Practice6 A route to enhanced competence in perioperative care(Paul Wicker and Jill Ferbrache).7 Preoperative preparation of perioperative patients(Paul Wicker).8 Patient care during anaesthesia (JoyO'Neill).9 Patient care during surgery (Paul Wicker and AdeleNightingale).10 Patient care during recovery (Paul Wicker andFelicia Cox).Index