∗ Combined incidence rate of cardiac death and nonfatal myocardial infarction. Adapted from Mukherjee D, Eagle KA: Perioperative cardiac assessment for noncardiac surgery: eight steps to the best possible outcome. Circulation…
!DOCTYPE html> 46 Care of the Ambulatory Surgical Patient Nancy Burden, MS, RN Ambulatory surgery continues to grow, rapidly evolving in both number of patients and complexity of procedures. Providing quality nursing…
FIG. 39.1 Thyroid gland and surrounding anatomic structures. (From Elisha S, et al.: Anesthesia case management for thyroidectomy. AANA J 78(2):152, 2010.) Cardiopulmonary Assessment and Care The nurse should carefully monitor the airway,…
EBP, Evidence-based practice; IRB, Institutional Review Board; PICO, patient/population, intervention, comparison, and outcome; PONV, postoperative nausea and vomiting. From Melnyk BM, Fineout-Overholt E: Evidence-based practice in nursing & healthcare: A…
!DOCTYPE html> 26 Transition From the Operating Room to the PACU Kay A. Ball, BSN, MSA, PhD, RN, CNOR, FAAN The practice of nursing is directed toward the assessment, planning, implementation, and…
!DOCTYPE html> 21 Nonopioid Intravenous Anesthetics Cecil B. Drain, PhD, RN, CRNA, FAAN, FASAHP Intravenous (IV) anesthetics are grouped by primary pharmacologic action into nonopioid and opioid IV agents. The nonopioid agents…
FIG. 15.1 Pituitary hormones and their target organs. (From McCance KL, Huether SE: Pathophysiology: the biologic basis for disease in adults and children, ed 7, St. Louis, MO, 2015, Elsevier.) Syndrome of…
FIG. 5.1 Chain of infection. (Courtesy the Department of Infection Control and Epidemiology at the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers, Ann Arbor, MI.) Communicable Diseases of Concern Every institution should…
!DOCTYPE html> 8 Ethics in Perianesthesia Nursing Alexander Tartaglia, MA, MDiv, DMin, BCC, ACPE Supervisor, Ken Faulkner, MA, MDiv, and Karen A. Kane, MSN, RN, CPAN The concern for ethical practice in the care of patients has a…
!DOCTYPE html> 7 Patient Safety and Legal Issues in the PACU Jacqueline M. Ross, PhD, RN, CPAN The environment of the perianesthesia unit poses a variety of unique legal and patient safety…
