With essential information needed daily to provide optimal care to every patient, the 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 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 decision-making, 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 regarding Flexible Endoscopic Processing
• Robotic surgery
• Moderate sedation for RNs
• 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
• Published in convenient pocket size for information at a moment’s notice
• Includes Fast-Facts-in-a-Nutshell feature reinforcing key orientation information
• Based on the most up-to-date evidence in the literature