The only book devoted to this increasingly important issue, Perioperative Safety helps you reduce risk in a setting where even small errors can lead to life-threatening complications. Expert author Donna Watson addresses essential safety principles and concepts, covering patient safety with topics such as the latest safety strategies and initiatives, perioperative safe medication use, preventing infections, anesthesia safety, normothermia management, and electrosurgery. Coverage of staff and workplace safety helps you minimize risk with bloodborne pathogens, latex allergy, the use of lasers, and radiation exposure. Case studies show the application of safety concepts in real-world situations.
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Unique! The only book devoted to the increasingly important issue of perioperative safety, where small errors can lead to life-threatening complications.</li>
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Unique! Highly qualified writers are some of the leading experts in the perioperative field, so material is up to date and emphasizes the most important information.</li>
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Unique! Clinical Points boxes call attention to key points in promoting safety for both patients and staff in the perioperative setting.</li>
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Unique! Case studies describe real-life scenarios related to promoting patient safety.</li>
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Figures and tables are used to support important content.</li>
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Perioperative Safety

Medical Books

Watson RN MSN CNOR ARNP-BC FNP-C, Donna S.

Nursing

Mosby

This money saving package includes Rothrock: Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery 14th edition and Watson: Perioperative Safety.

Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery and Watson: Perioperative Safety Package

Rothrock PhD RN CNOR FAAN, Jane C.

This book provides all the key information for developing a thorough understanding of the concepts of IV conscious sedation. Fully detailedsections include basic concepts of medications, administration techniques, potential complications and emergencies, monitoring parameters, developing a credentialing program, legal implications, and patient discharge. The text is designed with practical implementations to the clinical setting, including useful information such as sample documentation forms, learner feedback and question and answer sections. * Traces the evolution of conscious sedation from the realm of the anesthetist to non-anesthesia providers. * Provides an overview of the objectives of conscious sedation, levels of sedation and patient selection. * Profiles commonly used conscious sedation drugs, outlining pharmacokinetics, dosage and administration, contraindications and precautions, adverse reactions and nursing implications. * Includes thorough preprocedure, intraprocedure, and postprocedure patient assessment with complete discharge and patient teaching information. * Profiles high risk patients and addresses management of neurologic, pulmonary, and cardiovascular complications. * Addresses competency issues and provides guidelines on setting institutional policies and standards on conscious sedation, including many sample forms from a variety of health care settings. * Includes a separate chapter on pediatric sedation covering patient selection, medication dosage and adminstration, and physical and psychological responses specific to that population.

Conscious Sedation/Analgesia

Perioperative nursing encompasses caring for the patient as a whole being, taking into account physiological, psychological, sociocultural, and spiritual issues. The perioperative nurse is responsible for patient safety throughout the surgery. This issue of Perioperative Nursing Clinics focuses on topics such as essential components for an effective patient safety strategy, initiatives to improve quality and safety in health care, medication error prevention in perioperative services, fire prevention, bloodless surgery and patient safety issues, moderate sedation, and preventative measure to reduce incidence of a retained foreign body.

Patient Safety, An Issue of Perioperative Nursing Clinics (Volume 3-4) (The Clinics: Nursing, Volume 3-4)

Saunders

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Perioperative Safety

Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery and Watson: Perioperative Safety Package

Conscious Sedation/Analgesia

Patient Safety, An Issue of Perioperative Nursing Clinics (Volume 3-4) (The Clinics: Nursing, Volume 3-4)