Alexander's care of the patient in surgery.
Material type: TextPublisher: St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier 2019Edition: 16th edition / Jane C. Rothrock PhD, RN, CNOR, FAAN ; associate editor, Donna R. McEwen, RN, BSN, CNOR(E)Description: xx, 1225 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 28 cmISBN:- 9780323479141 (pbk.) :
- 0323479146
- Care of the patient in surgery
- Care of the patient in surgery.
- 617.0231 ROT 23
- RD99 .M387 2019
- 2018 D-450
- WY 161
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection | 617.0231 ROT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 220044 | ||
Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection | 617.0231 ROT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 220045 |
Previous edition: 2015.
Includes Internet access.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
This edition reflects current procedures and promotes the delivery of comprehensive patient care. More than 400 specialty surgical interventions, in addition to many minimally invasive surgical procedures, are explained and over 1000 illustrations build familiarity with surgical anatomy, procedures methods and equipment.