Perioperative Patient Safety and Procedural Sedation
Chapter 8 Perioperative Patient Safety and Procedural Sedation Jan Odom-Forren, PhD, MS, RN, CPAN, FAAN The concept of patient safety was brought to the forefront in 1999 when the Institute…
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Workplace Safety Issues and Trends
Chapter 17 Workplace Safety Issues and Trends Donna S. Watson, MSN, RN, CNOR, ARNP-BC Promoting patient safety has always been a fundamental philosophy for the profession of nursing. However, it…
Preventive Measures for Wrong-Site, Wrong-Person, and Wrong-Procedure Error in the Perioperative Setting
Chapter 10 Preventive Measures for Wrong-Site, Wrong-Person, and Wrong-Procedure Error in the Perioperative Setting Sharon A. McNamara, MS, RN, CNOR Newspaper headlines inform the public about the wrong leg amputated…
Prevention of Positioning Injuries
Chapter 14 Prevention of Positioning Injuries Debra Fawcett, PhD, RN Positioning the surgical patient is a vital component of perioperative nursing practice and must be completed with knowledge and forethought….
To Count or Not to Count: A Surgical Misadventure
Chapter 11 To Count or Not to Count A Surgical Misadventure Cecil A. King, MS, RN, CNOR, APRN On August 1, 2007, in the Inpatient Prospective Payment System Fiscal Year…
Perioperative Safe Medication Use: A Focused Review
Chapter 5 Perioperative Safe Medication Use A Focused Review Linda J. Wanzer, MSN, RN, CNOR, Rodney W. Hicks, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, BradLee Goeckner, MSN, RN, LCDR, CNOR, Lisa…
Use of Medmarx Data for the Support and Development of Perioperative Medication Policy
Chapter 3 Use of Medmarx Data for the Support and Development of Perioperative Medication Policy Vivian M. Sersen, MSN, RN, CNOR, PCNS, CDR, NC, USN, Sandra C. Garmon Bibb, DNSc,…
Safety in the Perioperative Setting: Vendor Support
Chapter 26 Safety in the Perioperative Setting Vendor Support Peggy Camp, MSN, BSN, RN Managing patient safety in the perioperative setting continues to be a major challenge. Managers of surgical…
Preventing Surgical Site Infections
Chapter 13 Preventing Surgical Site Infections Peter B. Graves, BSN, RN, CNOR Prevention of surgical site infections (SSIs) is a key risk management and quality improvement issue. A surgical site…
Bloodless Surgery and Patient Safety Issues
Chapter 7 Bloodless Surgery and Patient Safety Issues Jarrell Fox, Sandy L. Brown, RN, Rebecca Vigil, RN “Bloodless” surgery? “NO BLOOD!” These requests most certainly have an impact on patient…
