Description
- Comprehensive coverage includes basic perioperative nursingprinciples, such as patient and environmental safety, infection prevention, patient positioning, anesthesia and pain management, and the unique needs of special populations such as pediatric and geriatric patients.
- Coverage of more than 400 general and specialty surgical interventions includes minimally invasive and robotic-assisted surgical procedures, whether performed in a hospital, ambulatory surgery setting, or in a doctor’s office.
- Perioperative nursing considerations are presented within the nursing process framework and include assessment, nursing diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, evaluation, discharge planning, and patient and family education.
- More than 1,000 full-color photos and illustrations show surgical anatomy, procedures, methods, and equipment.
- Sample plans of care include nursing diagnoses, outcomes, and interventions.
- Research Highlight and Evidence for Practice boxes discuss recommendations for applying current scientific research to patient care.
- Robotic-Assisted Surgery boxes highlight a rapidly expanding surgical modality.
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