Fast Facts for the Operating Room Nurse: An Orientation and Care Guide

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Product Description “I am thrilled with the second edition of [this] book to guide seasoned preceptors, students, novice nurses, and novice CSTs through orientation in the perioperative setting…Take advantage of this book. Read it, highlight it, and keep it with you always!” -Caroline Kaufmann, RN, CNOR Program Director and Clinical Coordinator Surgical Technology Nassau Community College From the Foreword Featuring essential information needed daily to provide optimal care to every patient, this guide condenses volumes of operating room content into one pocket-sized companion. The second edition of this nursing mentor―for novice perioperative nurses in orientation and their preceptors―is newly updated to reflect the 2017 Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) guidelines with current, evidence-based clinical practice knowledge in an easy-to-use format. A well-organized text with evidence-based directives on current perioperative standards, this handy resource covers patient safety, the surgical environment, critical thinking, immediate decisionmaking, and perioperative skills. Complex skills and techniques are broken down into a simple, easy-to-follow bulleted format encompassing all key knowledge areas for perioperative nurses. Each chapter introduces concepts and sets clear learning objectives. The guide reinforces requisite knowledge with self-assessment questions, and the Fast Facts feature offers bite-size tips and tricks highlighted for easy access. New to the Second Edition: Fully updated in accordance with 2017 AORN Guidelines Hand hygiene Minimally invasive surgery Patient information management Surgical smoke safety Safe use of energy-generating devices Hypothermia Sterilization and central processing Robotic surgery Levels of sedation/anesthesia Surgical attire Key Features: Provides must-have OR information for new nurses and their preceptors Contains key knowledge on patient preparation, aseptic technique, surgical procedures, anesthesia considerations, and much more Includes Fast Facts feature reinforcing key orientation information Based on the most up-to-date evidence in the literature About the Author Theresa Criscitelli, EdD, RN, CNOR, is a doctorally prepared nurse who has spent 26 years working in the operating room. Her career began as a certified surgical technologist when she learned to scrub in on an array of surgical specialties, including neurosurgery, orthopedics, and cardiothoracic open-heart surgery. She completed her nursing degree in order to care for surgical patients as their advocate and to be able to obtain other positions in the perioperative area that could help influence patient outcomes. She has held numerous positions in the perioperative setting as a registered nurse, including staff nurse, assistant nurse manager, nurse educator, director of perioperative education, and assistant director of professional nursing practice and education. Dr. Criscitelli is currently assistant vice president of administration and oversees the perioperative and procedural services at New York University (NYU) Winthrop Hospital, Mineola, New York. She also serves as adjunct nursing professor at Adelphi University, Garden City, New York, and was a clinical instructor in the surgical technology program at Nassau Community College, Garden City, New York. She also collaborates with a research team at NYU Winthrop Hospital. Her love for the perioperative field does not cease at the end of the workday. She has published numerous articles in journals and has conducted research on the operating room that has been presented internationally. She oversees an operating room fellowship program and helped establish an academic-service partnership at a local university to provide a capstone experience in the operating room for undergraduate nursing students during their senior year. Engaging new nurses in the perioperative setting is her aspiration.