CARING FOR TEH PERIOPERATIVE PATIENTS

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Caring for the
Perioperative Patient
Paul Wicker
Programme Leader
Diploma of Higher Education in Operating
Department Practice
Edge Hill College of Higher Education,
Liverpool
AND
Joy O’Neill
Training and Development Co-ordinator
Theatre Department, Royal Oldham Hospital
Pennine Acute NHS Hospital Trust

© 2006 by Paul Wicker and Joy O’Neill
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First published 2006 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd
ISBN-10: 1-4051-2802-X
ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-2802-5
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Caring for the perioperative patient / Paul Wicker and Joy O’Neill.
p. ; cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-2802-5 (alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 1-4051-2802-X (alk. paper)
1. Operating room nursing. 2. Preoperative care. 3. Postoperative care.
I. Wicker, Paul. II. O’Neill, Joy.
[DNLM: 1. Perioperative Care–nursing. 2. Perioperative
Nursing–methods. WY 161 C2778 2005]
RD32.3.C37 2005
2005017356
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Contents
Foreword vi
Preface vii
Acknowledgements xii
Section 1 Core Issues 1
1 Perioperative homeostasis 2
2 Managing perioperative equipment 50
3 Perioperative pharmacology 91
4 Perioperative communication 126
5 Managing perioperative risks 160
Section 2 Perioperative Care 195
6 Aroute to enhanced competence in perioperative car
Authored by the NES Perioperative Working Party
7 Preoperative preparation of perioperative patients 8 Patient care during anaesthesia 243
9 Patient care during surgery 297
10 Patient care during recovery 335
Index 366