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BERRY & KOHN'S OPERATING ROOM TECHNIQUE
Berry & Kohn's Operating Room Technique
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Eleventh Edition

By
Nancymarie Phillips, RN, BSN, BA, MEd, RNFA, Doctoral Candidate, CNOR, Director of Perioperative Education, Lakeland Community College, Kirtland, OH

Description
For 50 years, Berry & Kohn's Operating Room Technique has been the text of choice for understanding basic surgical principles and techniques. Berry & Kohn's enjoys continued success in both educational and professional markets because of its readability, accuracy, clarity, and comprehensiveness. It covers the "nuts and bolts" of surgical techniques in a step-by-step format that enables learners to effectively apply basic principles to clinical practice. The eleventh edition features an engaging full-color design, a new chapter on spinal surgery, new Patient and Team Safety boxes, unique perioperative flash cards, expanded teaching supplements for instructors, and much more.

Contents


Section One: Fundamentals of Theory and Practice


1 Perioperative Education

2 Foundations of Perioperative Patient Care Standards

3 Legal and Ethical Issues



Section Two: The Perioperative Patient Care Team


4 The Perioperative Patient Care Team

5 The Surgical First Assistant

6 Administration of Perioperative Patient Care Services



Section Three: The Patient as a Unique Individual


7 The Patient: The Reason for Your Existence

8 Perioperative Pediatrics

9 Perioperative Geriatrics



Section Four: 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



Section Five: Surgical Asepsis and Sterile Technique


14 Microbiologic Considerations

15 Principles of Asepsis and Sterile Techniques

16 Attire, Surgical Scrub, Gowning, and Glove

17 Decontamination and Disinfection

18 Sterilization



Section Six: Surgical Instrumentation and Equipment


19 Surgical Instrumentation

20 Specialized Surgical Equipment



Section Seven: Preoperative Patient Care


21 Preoperative Preparation of the Patient

22 Diagnostic Procedures



Section Eight: Pharmacology and Anesthesia


23 Surgical Pharmacology

24 Anesthesia: Techniques and Agents



Section Nine: 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



Section Ten: Surgical Site Management


28 Hemostasis, Implants, and Wound Closure

29 Wound Healing



Section Eleven: Perianesthesia and Postprocedural Patient Care


30 Postoperative Patient Care

31 Potential Perioperative Complications



Section Twelve: Surgical Specialties


32 Endoscopic and Robotic-Assisted Surgery

33 General Surgery

34 Gynecologic and Obstetric Surgery

35 Urologic Surgery

36 Orthopedic Surgery

37 Neurosurgery

38 Spinal Surgery -

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39 Ophthalmic Surgery

40 Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

41 Otorhinolaryngologic and Head and Neck Surgery

42 Thoracic Surgery

43 Cardiac Surgery

44 Vascular Surgery

45 Organ Procurement and Transplantation

Bibliographic details
Hardbound, 1040 pages, publication date: MAR-2007
ISBN-13: 978-0-323-04483-7
ISBN-10: 0-323-04483-2
Imprint: MOSBY


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Last update: 10 Sep 2009
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