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Title Oxford handbook of perioperative practice / edited by Suzanne J. Hughes and Andy Mardell
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009

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 MELB  617.919 Hug/Oho  AVAILABLE
Description xlii, 618 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
regular print
Series Oxford handbooks in nursing
Oxford handbooks in nursing.
Oxford medical publications.
Contents Section 1. Principles of perioperative care -- Section 2. Preoperative care -- Section 3. Principles of anaesthesia -- Section 4. Intraoperative care -- Section 5. Postoperative care
Summary Summary: The Oxford Handbook of Perioperative Practice offers readers practical, easily accessible, concise, and up-to-date evidence-based information on the essential elements of perioperative practice. It provides a thorough introduction to the principles and practice of anaesthetics, intraoperative care, and recovery nursing, focusing on the patient's journey, before, during, and after surgery. Containing many helpful illustrations and diagrams to guide the reader, along with references to national and international guidelines, the Oxford Handbook of Perioperative Practice assists practitioners in meeting the individual needs of surgical patients while ensuring safe and efficient care delivery. It enables readers to easily locate information about essential skills, patients' medical conditions, and perioperative and surgical patient management. It covers all setps of the perioperative process, and also contains an extensive section on pharmacology, as well as a section on perioperative emergencies. The book is clearly laid out and written in an easily readable note-based style. Written by teaching staff and clinicians from the fields of nursing, operating department practice and pharmacy, the Oxford Handbook of Perioperative Practice offers an interdisciplinary and interprofessional approach to perioperative practice for those studying the subject and those practicing within the perioperative environment
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Operating room nursing.
Postoperative care.
Preoperative care.
Preopertive care
Perioperative Nursing.
Postoperative Care.
Preoperative Care.
Genre/Form Handbook.
Author Hughes, Suzanne J.
Mardell, Andy.
LC no. 2009499815
ISBN 0199239649 (paperback)
9780199239641 (paperback)
Other Titles Handbook of perioperative practice