Perioperative Nursing - E-Book

Description

This new text discusses the roles and responsibilities of those working within the perioperative environment in Australia and New Zealand. It highlights the changing face of perioperative nursing and gives an overview of key concepts including anaesthetic, intraoperative and postanaesthesia recovery care; day surgery and endoscopy. Professional development and medico-legal aspects are also discussed.

This is an introductory text which will appeal to a broad market from trainee enrolled nurses; to undergraduate nursing students doing a perioperative clinical placement; to postgraduate students of perioperative nursing. Registered nurses working within or preparing to work within this area, as well as other operating room staff such as anaesthetic technicians will also find this text invaluable.

Readership

Undergraduate, postgraduate students of perioperative nursing courses

Author Information

By Lois Hamlin, Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Lois Hamlin, Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Marilyn Richardson-Tench, Senior Lecturer - Acute Care, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Victoria University, VIC, Australia and Menna Davies, Clinical Nurse Consultant, Operating Suite, Prince of Wales/Sydney Children's Hospital