Nursing the surgical patient / edited by Rosemary Pudner ; illustrations by Ian Ramsden.
Material type: TextPublication details: Edinburgh : Baillière Tindall, 2010.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xxv, 593 p. : ill. ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780702030628 (pbk.) :
- 617.0231 22
- RD99 .N874 2010
- WY 161
Formerly CIP. Uk
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preoperative assessment / Melanie Oakley and Joanne Bratchell -- Perioperative care / Diane Gilmour -- Day surgery / Melanie Oakley -- Perioperative stress and anxiety in the surgical patient / Melanie Oakley and Rosie Pudner -- Wound healing in the surgical patient / Rosie Pudner -- Nutrition and the surgical patient / Helen Ord and Melanie Baker -- Altered body image and the surgical patient / Adele Atkinson and Rosie Pudner -- Concepts of pain and the surgical patient / Sharon Kitcatt -- Discharge planning following surgery / Rosie Castle and Teresa Rooney-Kaymakci -- Patients requiring neurosurgery / Christine Eberhardie -- Patients requiring ophthalmic surgery / Brigid Knight, Suzanne Hart -- Patients requiring surgery to the ear, nose, and throat / Julie Wain -- Patients requiring thyroid surgery / Rosie Pudner -- Care of the patient requiring cardiac interventions and surgery / Christine Spiers, Kevin Barrett -- Care of patients requiring vascular surgery / Emma Gardner -- Patients requiring upper gastrointestinal surgery / Melanie Seymour ; with a contribution by Nuala Davison -- Patients requiring colorectal surgery / Stephanie Woodward -- Patients requiring surgery on the renal and urinary tract / Janice Minter -- Patients requiring surgery on the male reproductive system / Aoife Donoghue -- Patients requiring gynaecological surgery / Jacky Cotton -- Patients requiring breast surgery / Elisabeth Grimsey -- Care of patients requiring vascular surgery / Shelagh Murray Hall -- Patients requiring orthopaedic surgery / Nicola L. Whiteing -- Patients requiring plastic surgery / Adele Atkinson, Mary Smith.
This text takes a comprehensive, patient-centred approach to the nursing care of patients requiring a wide variety of surgical procedures. It offers readers case studies and care plans from which to build their knowledge of surgical care.
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