Alexander's care of the patient in surgery - Rothrock, Jane C., 1948-; McEwen, Donna R. (St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier, 2019)
Unit I: Foundations for practice -- Concepts basic to perioperative nursing -- Patient safety and risk management -- Workplace issues and staff safety -- Infection prevention and control -- Anesthesia -- Positioning the patient for surgery -- Sutures, sharps, and instruments -- Surgical modalities -- Wound healing, dressings, and drains -- Postoperative patient care and pain management -- Unit II: Surgical interventions -- Gastrointestinal surgery -- Surgery of the biliary tract, pancreas, liver, and spleen -- Hernia repair -- Gynecologic and obstetric surgery -- Genitourinary surgery -- Thyroid and parathyroid surgery -- Breast surgery -- Ophthalmic surgery -- Otorhinolaryngologic surgery -- Orthopedic surgery -- Neurosurgery -- Reconstructive and aesthetic plastic surgery -- Thoracic surgery -- Vascular surgery -- Cardiac surgery -- Unit III: Special considerations -- Pediatric surgery -- Geriatric surgery -- Trauma surgery -- Interventional and image-guided procedures -- Integrative health practices: complementary and alternative therapies -- Appendix A: Laboratory values
Includes bibliographical references and index
Keywords: Surgical nursing; Therapeutics, Surgical; Perioperative Nursing -- methods; Nursing Care -- methods; Surgical Procedures, Operative -- nursing; Print books