New to this edition
- NEW and UNIQUE! Patient-Centered Care boxes
feature simplified conversations that you can have with patients to help them better understand their surgical procedure.
- NEW! A Critical Thinking Question at the end of every chapter tests your understanding of chapter content.
- NEW! Key Points at the end of every chapter help you retain important concepts from the text.
- NEW! Laboratory Values appendix contains all laboratory value information in one convenient location.
Author Information
By Jane C. Rothrock, PhD, RN, CNOR, FAAN, Professor and Director, Perioperative Programs, Delaware County Community College, Media, PA
Unit I: Foundations for Practice
1. Concepts Basic to Perioperative Nursing
2. Patient Safety and Risk Management
3. Workplace Issues and Staff Safety
4. Infection Prevention and Control
5. Anesthesia
6. Positioning the Patient for Surgery
7. Sutures, Needles, and Instruments
8. Surgical Modalities
9. Wound Healing, Dressings, and Drains
10. Postoperative Patient Care and Pain Management
Unit II: Surgical Interventions
11. Gastrointestinal Surgery
12. Surgery of the Liver, Biliary Tract, Pancreas, and Spleen
13. Repair of Hernias
14. Gynecologic and Obstetric Surgery
15. Genitourinary Surgery
16. Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery
17. Breast Surgery
18. Ophthalmic Surgery
19. Otorhinolarygologic Surgery
20. Orthopedic Surgery
21. Neurosurgery
22. Reconstructive and Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
23. Thoracic Surgery
24. Vascular Surgery
25. Cardiac Surgery
Unit III: Special Considerations
26. Pediatric Surgery
27. Geriatric Surgery
28. Trauma Surgery
29. Interventional and Image-Guided Procedures
30. Integrated Health Practices: Complementary and Alternative Therapies
Appendix A: Laboratory Values
