num_pages: 1440
description: Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery, now in heading its 6 th decade ofpublication it maintains a long standing tradition as the standard inperioperative nursing. Alexander's is a comprehensive reference developed toassist perioperative personnel to meet the individual needs of surgical patients forsafe, cost-effective, efficient care by delivering state-of-the-art information thatreflects quality contemporary practice. Unit 1 provides information on basicprinciples and patient care requisites essential to all perioperative patients. Stepby-step procedures for over 400 general and specialty surgical interventions arefound in Unit 2, and Unit 3 discusses the unique needs of ambulatory, pediatric,geriatric, and trauma surgery patients. Unit 3 also includes a new chapter onComplementary Therapies to provide a basic understanding of theseconsiderations within the perioperative environment.Key features Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery includes an emphasis onPatient Education and Discharge Planning incorporated in each chapter to addresscontinuity of care from the perioperative environment through discharge. Coverage ofthe latest surgical trends and advancements presents an increased number ofendoscopic/minimally invasive surgical procedures in each surgical specialty chapter.The Surgical Modalities chapter continues to provide key content on technologicaladvancements in endoscopic surgery, lasers, electrosurgical modalities, cryosurgery,and telesurgery.
language: English
title: Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery
titlecomplete: Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery
genres: Nursing
ratings_count: 115
publisher: Mosby