Minor surgical procedures for nurses and allied healthcare professionals /

Minor surgical procedures for nurses and allied healthcare professionals / edited by Shirley Martin. - USA : John Wiley & Sons, 2007. - 202 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Starting out: a wider picture / Shirley Martin -- Modernisation: role redesign to optimise patient outcomes / John Beesley -- Training and education / Barry Paraskeva -- Medico legal aspects surrounding non-medical practitioner roles / Verity Danzieger -- Nurse prescribing / Anne Clarridge -- Communication skills for minor surgery / Debra Nestel -- Pre-operative assessment / Gregory Thomas, Sanjay Purkayastha, Olivia Thomas -- Peri-operative management, consent, and follow up / Jenny Simpson -- Documentation / Gregory Thomas, Sanjay Purkayastha, Olivia Thomas -- Maintaining asepsis: preventing infection of the surgical site / Christine McDougall -- Theatre environment and equipment requirements / Parvinderpal Sains -- Basic anatomy of skin lesions / Gregory Thomas, Sanjay Purkayastha, Olivia Thomas -- Recognising skin lesions / Julia Schofield -- Local anaesthesia / David M. Lomax and Kuasi Rao -- Operative techniques / Rajesh Aggarwal -- Applying haemostasis and cautery / Parvinderpal Sains -- Future prospects / Shirley Martin.

9780470019900


Minor surgery.
Postoperative care.
Preoperative care.
Surgical Procedures, Minor--methods.
Perioperative Care--methods.
Preoperative Care--methods.
Manila Tytana Colleges Library | Metropolitan Park, Pres. Diosdado Macapagal Blvd., Pasay City, 1300
Tel.(+63-2) 859-0826 | E-mail [email protected]