cover image - Pudner's Nursing the Surgical Patient Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 4th Edition
ISBN: 9780702078675
Copyright: 2021
Publication Date: 11-18-2020
Page Count: 688
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $42.99

Pudner's Nursing the Surgical Patient Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 4th Edition

by Ian Peate, OBE, FRCN, EN(G) RGN, DipN(Lond), RNT B.Ed (Hons), MA, LLM and Jay Macleod, BSc (Hons), DipHE ODP, PCTHE, Postgraduate Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring

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cover image - Pudner's Nursing the Surgical Patient Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 4th Edition
ISBN: 9780702078675
Copyright: 2021
Publication Date: 11-18-2020
Page Count: 688
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $42.99
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Contemporary and fully updated, the new edition of this accessible guide builds on the success of previous editions to bring together all the key principles of nursing care for surgical patients. Split into two sections, the first section explains the basis of surgical care. The second section has comprehensive coverage of all major areas of surgical practice, providing both a theoretical and practical understanding across a wide range of procedures.

Written from a patient-centred perspective but with an added emphasis on safety and the role of the nurse in relation to current legislation, the new Pudner’s Nursing the Surgical Patient offers all you need to provide the best care. Its user-friendly format will make it invaluable not only to nurses but to a range of health care practitioners.

    • Easy-to-read, easy-to-understand approach
    • Ultra-clear and simple line art
    • Written by 20+ expert contributors from around the UK
    • Patient-centred approach places the patient at the centre of all that is done
    • Reflects the latest practice and retains the principles of care
  • Section 1: The basis of surgical care
    Preoperative assessment. Perioperative care
    Day surgery. Perioperative stress and anxiety in the surgical patient
    Wound healing in the surgical patient
    Nutrition and the surgical patient
    Altered body image and the surgical patient
    Concepts of pain and the surgical patient
    Discharge planning following surgery

    Section 2: Nursing care for specific surgical procedures
    Patients requiring neurosurgery. Patients requiring ophthalmic surgery
    Patients requiring surgery to the ear, nose and throat
    Patients requiring thyroid surgery
    Care of the patient requiring cardiac interventions and surgery
    Care of the patient requiring thoracic surgery
    Patients requiring upper gastrointestinal surgery
    Patients requiring colorectal and anal surgery
    Patients requiring surgery on the renal and urinary tract
    Patients requiring surgery on the male reproductive system
    Patients requiring gynaecological surgery
    Patients requiring breast surgery
    Care of patients requiring vascular surgery
    Patients requiring orthopaedic surgery
    Patients requiring plastic surgery
  • Ian Peate, OBE, FRCN, EN(G) RGN, DipN(Lond), RNT B.Ed (Hons), MA, LLM, Editor in Chief, British Journal of Nursing; Consultant Editor, Journal of Paramedic Practice; Consultant Editor, International Journal for Advancing Practice; Visiting Professor, Northumbria University; Visiting Professor, St Georges University of London and Kingston University London; Professorial Fellow, Roehampton University; Visiting Senior Clinical Fellow, University of Hertfordshire, UK and Jay Macleod, BSc (Hons), DipHE ODP, PCTHE, Postgraduate Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring, Lecturer and Placement Lead of Operating Department Practice Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK
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