
Patient Safety, An Issue of Perioperative Nursing Clinics, Volume 3-4
1st Edition
Description
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.
Details
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- © Saunders 2008
- Published:
- 10th December 2008
- Imprint:
- Saunders
- Hardcover ISBN:
- 9781416063360
About the Author
Donna Watson
Affiliations and Expertise
Senior Clinical Educator, Covidien Energy-Based Devices, Boulder, CO
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