Research Catalog

Title

Berry & Kohn's operating room technique.

Author

Phillips, Nancymarie Fortunato

Publication

St. Louis, MO : Mosby, c2004.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Berry, Edna Cornelia
• Kohn, Mary Louise

Description

xxi, 978 p. : ill.; 29 cm.

Summary

"This practical, authoritative resource is an ideal text for surgical technology or perioperative nursing courses and an invaluable reference or in-service manual for practicing surgical technologists, perioperative nurses, and other caregivers!"--BOOK JACKET.

Alternative Title

• Berry and Kohn's operating room technique
• Operating room technique

Subject

• Operating room nursing
• Operating Room Nursing
• Operating Room Technicians
• Perioperative Care > methods

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Sect. 1. Fundamentals of Theory and Practice -- 1. Perioperative Education -- 2. Foundations of Perioperative Patient Care Standards -- 3. Legal and Ethical Issues -- Sect. 2. The Perioperative Patient Care Team -- 4. The Perioperative Patient Care Team -- 5. The Surgical First Assistant -- 6. Administration of Perioperative Patient Care Services -- Sect. 3. The Patient as a Unique Individual -- 7. The Patient: The Reason for Your Existence -- 8. Perioperative Pediatrics -- 9. Perioperative Geriatrics -- Sect. 4. The Perioperative Environment -- 10. Physical Facilities -- 11. Ambulatory Surgery Centers -- 12. Care of the Perioperative Environment -- 13. Potential Sources of Injury to the Caregiver and the Patient -- Sect. 5. Surgical Asepsis and Sterile Technique -- 14. Microbiologic Considerations -- 15. Principles of Asepsis and Sterile Technique -- 16. Attire, Surgical Scrub, Gowning, and Gloving -- 17. Decontamination and Disinfection -- 18. Sterilization -- Sect. 6. Surgical Instrumentation and Equipment -- 19. Surgical Instrumentation -- 20. Specialized Surgical Equipment -- Sect. 7. Preoperative Patient Care -- 21. Preoperative Preparation of the Patient -- 22. Diagnostic Procedures -- Sect. 8. Pharmacology and Anesthesia -- 23. Surgical Pharmacology -- 24. Anesthesia: Techniques and Agents -- Sect. 9. Intraoperative Patient Care -- 25. Coordinated Roles of the Scrub Person and the Circulator -- 26. Positioning, Prepping, and Draping the Patient -- 27. Physiologic Maintenance and Monitoring of the Perioperative Patient -- Sect. 10. Surgical Site Management -- 28. Hemostasis and Wound Closure -- 29. Wound Healing -- Sect. 11. Perianesthesia and Postprocedural Patient Care -- 30. Postoperative Patient Care -- 31. Potential Perioperative Complications -- Sect. 12. Surgical Specialties -- 32. Endoscopic Surgery -- 33. General Surgery -- 34. Gynecologic and Obstetric Surgery -- 35. Urologic Surgery -- 36. Orthopedic Surgery -- 37. Neurosurgery -- 38. Ophthalmic Surgery -- 39. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery -- 40. Otorhinolaryngologic and Head and Neck Surgery -- 41. Thoracic Surgery -- 42. Cardiac Surgery -- 43. Vascular Surgery -- 44. Organ Procurement and Transplantation.

ISBN

0323019803

LCCN

2003045941

OCLC

• ocm51857074
• SCSB-4819565

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries