Principles of Day Surgery Nursing

by Penn, Sarah; Davenport, Harold Tony; Carrington, Susan; Edmondson, Moira

• ISBN13: 9780632039739
• ISBN10: 0632039736
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-11-06
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Day surgery is a major innovation in the delivery of medical care to a growing number of patients. It presents many new and unique challenges for nurses. Principles of Day Surgery Nursing provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of day surgery with which nurses and their support staff will need to be familiar.

Author Biography

Sarah Penn and Dr. Harold Tony Davenport are the authors of Principles of Day Surgery Nursing, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii	(2)
Preface	ix	(1)
Acknowledgements	x
1 The Day Surgery Scene	1	(12)
Herold T. Davenport
2 Day Surgery Management and Organisation	13	(15)
Sarah Penn
3 Education in Day Surgery	28	(9)
Sarah Penn
4 Pre--assessment for Day Care	37	(25)
Moira Edmondson
5 Patient Information	62	(13)
Moira Edmondson
6 Day Surgery Perioperative Concerns	75	(10)
Sarah Penn
7 Discharge Procedure and Arrangements	85	(19)
Moira Edmondson
8 Post--operative Pain, Nausea and Vomiting in the Day Surgery Patient	104	(13)
Susan Carrington
9 Follow--up Arrangements	117	(11)
Moira Edmondson
10 Quality Assurance in Day Care	128	(18)
Susan Carrington
11 The Way Ahead for Day Surgery	146	(5)
Herold T. Davenport
Appendix I American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) new classification of physical status	151	(3)
Appendix II 'Pharmacy Services' leaflet	154	(1)
'Your Bed Area' leaflet	155	(1)
'Breast Care Services' leaflet	156	(2)
Appendix III 'Laparoscopic Hernia' patient information leaflet	158	(4)
'Cardioversion' patient information leaflet	162	(4)
'Breast Localisation and Removal of Breast Lump' patient information leaflet	166	(5)
Appendix IV 'Painkillers' patient information leaflet	171	(6)
Index	177