cover image - Berry & Kohn's Operating Room Technique - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 15th Edition
ISBN: 9780443119460
Copyright: 2025
Publication Date: 09-20-2024
Page Count: 1024
Imprint: Elsevier
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Berry & Kohn's Operating Room Technique - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 15th Edition

by Anita Hornacky, BS, RN, CST, CNOR and Nancymarie Phillips, BS, RN, CST, CNOR

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Berry & Kohn's Operating Room Technique - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 15th Edition
ISBN: 9780443119460
Copyright: 2025
Publication Date: 09-20-2024
Page Count: 1024
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $127.99
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Easily learn how to apply basic surgical principles and techniques with Berry & Kohn’s Operating Room Technique, 15th Edition. For more than 50 years, this highly readable text has been trusted to clearly cover the "nuts and bolts" of surgical techniques in a step-by-step format. Expert authors Anita Hornacky and Nancymarie Phillips emphasize the importance of teamwork throughout, with practical strategies and examples of how cooperation among perioperative caregivers contributes to positive patient care outcomes. With a strong focus on the physiologic, psychologic, and spiritual considerations of perioperative patients, this extensively updated new edition gives you the knowledge you need to plan and implement comprehensive, individualized care.
    • NEW! Updated, evidence-based content reflects the latest information on key topics such as AORN Guidelines for Perioperative Practice, recommended CDC guidelines for cancer screening, workplace safety, ambulatory surgery, social determinants of health, and credentialing
    • Focus on the physiologic, psychologic, and spiritual considerations of perioperative patients provides the knowledge needed to plan and implement comprehensive, individualized care
    • Strong emphasis on teamwork among perioperative caregivers (both nurses and surgical technicians) encourages cooperation in attaining positive patient care outcomes
    • Detailed information on the fundamentals of perioperative nursing and surgical technology roles enhances understanding of basic surgical principles and techniques
    • In-depth discussions of patients with special needs related to age or health status help you learn how to develop a plan of care tailored to the unique care needs of all patients
    • Step-by-step coverage of the foundations of surgical techniques enables you to effectively apply basic principles to practice
    • Content on perioperative patient care for both inpatient and ambulatory procedures highlights key considerations for each setting, as well as for individual surgical procedures
    • Clear, high-quality illustrations reflect perioperative procedures and provide important safety information
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    • References and bibliography highlight the text’s evidence-based practice approach
  • Section 1: Fundamentals of Theory and Practice
    1. Perioperative Education
    2. Foundations of Perioperative Patient Care Standards
    3. Legal, Regulatory, and Ethical Issues

    Section 2: The Perioperative Patient Care Team
    4. The Perioperative Patient Care Team and Professional Credentialing
    5. The Surgical First Assistant
    6. Administration of Perioperative Patient Care Services

    Section 3: The Patient as a Unique Individual
    7. The Patient: The Reason for Your Existence
    8. Perioperative Pediatrics
    9. Perioperative Geriatrics

    Section 4: The Perioperative Environment
    10. Physical Facilities
    11. Ambulatory Surgery Centers and Alternative Surgical Locations
    12. Care of the Perioperative Environment
    13. Potential Sources of Injury to the Caregiver and the Patient

    Section 5: Surgical Asepsis and Sterile Technique
    14. Surgical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Therapy
    15. Principles of Aseptic and Sterile Techniques
    16. Appropriate Attire, Surgical Hand Hygiene, and Gowning and Gloving
    17. Decontamination and Disinfection
    18. Sterilization

    Section 6: Surgical Instrumentation and Equipment
    19. Surgical Instrumentation
    20. Specialized Surgical Equipment

    Section 7: Preoperative Patient Care
    21. Preoperative Preparation of the Patient
    22. Diagnostics, Specimens, and Oncologic Considerations

    Section 8: Pharmacology and Anesthesia
    23. Surgical Pharmacology
    24. Anesthesia: Techniques and Agents

    Section 9: Intraoperative Patient Care
    25. Coordinated Roles of the Scrub Person and the Circulating Nurse
    26. Positioning, Prepping, and Draping the Patient
    27. Physiologic Maintenance and Monitoring of the Perioperative Patient

    Section 10: Surgical Site Management
    28. Surgical Incisions, Implants, and Wound Closure
    29. Wound Healing and Hemostasis

    Section 11: Perianesthesia and Postprocedural Patient Care
    30. Postoperative Patient Care
    31. Potential Perioperative Complications

    Section 12: Surgical Specialties
    32. Endoscopy and Robotic-Assisted Surgery
    33. General Surgery
    34. Gynecologic and Obstetric Surgery
    35. Urologic Surgery
    36. Orthopedic Surgery
    37. Neurosurgery of the Brain and Peripheral Nerves
    38. Spinal Surgery
    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
  • Anita Hornacky, BS, RN, CST, CNOR, Perioperative Educator, Surgical Pharmacology and Orthopedics, Lakeland Community College, Kirkland, Ohio, USA and Nancymarie Phillips, BS, RN, CST, CNOR, Professor Emeritus, Lakeland Community College, Director Department of Perioperative Education, Perioperative Nursing, Registered Nurse, First Assistants, Surgical Technology, Kirkland, Ohio, USA
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