Research Catalog

Title

Alexander's care of the patient in surgery / [edited by] Jane Rothrock ; associate editor, Donna R. McEwen.

Publication

St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier, [2019]

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Additional Authors

• Rothrock, Jane C., 1948-
• McEwen, Donna R.

Description

xx, 1225 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 28 cm

Alternative Title

Care of the patient in surgery

Subject

• Surgical nursing
• Therapeutics, Surgical
• Perioperative Nursing > methods
• Nursing Care > methods
• Surgical Procedures, Operative > nursing

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

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.

ISBN

• 9780323479141
• 0323479146

LCCN

2017051710

OCLC

• on1008770758
• 1008770758
• SCSB-14174461

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries