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Summary
A lab manual for surgical technologists new to the operating room, Operating Room Skills:Fundamentals for the Surgical Technologist helps students develop the essential skills needed to perform safely and competently in the operating room. The unique format follows the role of the surgical technologist, in conjunction with a patients movement through surgery. From the start, students are immersed in an active-learning experience that integrates best practices, core-curriculum requirements, and recommendations from program graduates and instructors. Supported by a companion website, the 2nd edition has a new Chapter 26, "Transition to the Clinical Setting"; new quick-reference guides; and updated Competency Assessments
Call Number
RD 32.3 .D36 2020
Edition
2nd ed.
Publication
Boston : Pearson, 2020
Description
p ; cm.
Subjects
Clinical Competence Operating Room Nursing - Education Operating Room Nursing - Methods Operating Room Technicians - Education Operating Rooms - Standards Surgical Procedures, Operative - Standards
Contents and Notes
Don operating room attire -- Perform basic hand hygiene -- Don and doff personal protective equipment -- Open sterile supplies -- Perform surgical hand scrub -- Gown and glove self closed-gloving method -- Drape Mayo stand and prepare back table -- Perform counts : prevent retained surgical items -- Prepare medications and solutions -- Select Mayo stand instruments -- Prepare the patient for operating room entry -- Participate in preanesthesia skills -- Facilitate electrosurgery, demonstrate surgical fire awareness -- Gown and glove another team member -- Perform open-gloving technique -- Perform urinary catheterization and skin preparation -- Apply surgical drapes -- Perform postdraping and preincision preparation -- Identify, prepare, and pass instruments -- Prepare, load, and pass suture for right and left-handed surgeons -- Maintain aseptic technique -- Prepare dressings and drains, and facilitate postanesthesia care -- Dismantle the sterile field and disrobe -- Facilitate room turnover and confidentiality -- Facilitate minimally invasive surgery : laparoscopic and robot-assisted.
Authors and Contributors
Dankanich, Nancy N
System ID
c55d732b38
ISBN
9780135204030
Authors and Contributors
Dankanich, Nancy N
Forms and Genres
Book
Non-Fiction
Subjects
Clinical Competence
Education
Methods
Operating Room Nursing
Operating Room Technicians
Operating Rooms
Standards
Surgical Procedures, Operative