Anesthesia Books

Pocket Guide to the Operating Room (Pocket Guide to Operating Room)

Maxine A. Goldman

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Total reviews: 17 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

Be prepared with this handy, pocket guide to more than 400 surgical procedures. For each procedure, you'll find a definition and description preparation of the patient skin preparation draping technique equipment needed instrumentation supplies and special notes. Among the topics covered are charting as a legal document patient teaching anesthesia laser application robotics endoscopic (including laparoscopic) procedures microsurgery use of the harmonic scalpel and the argon beam coagulator and care of the pediatric patient, including anesthesia considerations and surgical procedures. All aspects of patient care are addressed, including psychological care of the patient in surgery safety measures for the patient and the operative team the written record of intra-, pre- and postoperative care and the application of JCAHO Universal Protocols for correct identification of the patient including correct site and laterality.This guide: covers more than 400 surgical procedures, including more than 40 new and significantly amended procedures, complying with information mandated or recommended by JCAHO, AORN, and other regulatory organizations; features extensive coverage of limited minimal access surgery, including endoscopic procedures for multiple specialties, microsurgical techniques, and instrumentation for these procedures; updates the section on anesthesia and anesthesic drugs; describes equipment trays, including pediatric trays; addresses the needs of both surgical technologists and perioperative nurses; provides charting/documentation of care information to comply with medicolegal requirements; includes a written care plan, adaptable to the individual patient, complete with areas for focus of nursing care and desired outcomes; and, fits in a lab coat pocket or locker for on-the-fly review.

Nurse Anesthesia Pocket Guide

Lynn Fitzgerald Macksey

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Total reviews: 5 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Efficient 4 out of 5 stars.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful.

This book is an excellent quick and easy guide to bring with you into the OR. Great for the anesthesia student, has information on everything from drugs and fluid replacement to pediatric, pulmonary, cardiovascular anesthesia, etc.... Very portable and durable with a plastic spiral ring binding. All pages are coated (spill resistant)and each section is tabbed for easy access. I was pleasantly surprised when I received it, as it is a very good value for the price. Keep in mind that this is a guide and not a mini text like Mass General. It should have concisely everything you need.

Editorial Review:

This handy pocket guide is written for nurse anesthesia students and practicing nurse anesthetists; anesthesia residents and peri-anesthesia staff will find it useful as well. Some topics covered in the Nurse Anesthesia Pocket Guide include general anesthesia principles, obstetrics, pediatrics, regional anesthesia, and medication charts. This pocket guide addresses crucial clinical topics ranging from general information such as gas machine tanks and canisters, to specific information on what anesthetics produce histamine release and have analgesic properties, to emergency information for a patient with Malignant Hyperthermia.

Avoiding Common Anesthesia Errors (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Handbook)

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Great book. Very practical and easy to read 5 out of 5 stars.
13 of 13 people found this review helpful.

This is a great book. It has a lot of practical advice that has clinical applications, not just theory. This is what makes the book different from many of the other anesthesia texts. In addition there are 2 sections of the book that many other books don't cover: how to go about looking for jobs/assessing a practice you might join, and also medical coding and payment. The book is quite easy to read and each chapter or section is short and to the point. The authors and editors of the book are also donating the royalties of the book to the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER), which is a great cause.

Editorial Review:

This pocket book succinctly describes 215 common, serious errors made by attendings, residents, fellows, CRNAs, and practicing anesthesiologists in the practice of anesthesia and offers practical, easy-to-remember tips for avoiding these errors. The book can easily be read immediately before the start of a rotation or used for quick reference. Each error is described in a quick-reading one-page entry that includes a brief clinical scenario, a short review of the relevant physiology and/or pharmacology, and tips on how to avoid or resolve the problem. Illustrations are included where appropriate. The book also includes important chapters on human factors, legal issues, CPT coding, and how to select a practice.

PeriAnesthesia Nursing: A Critical Care Approach

Cecil B. Drain, Jan Odom-Forren

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Total reviews: 4 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

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As the touchstone for practicing perianesthesia nurses for 25 years, PeriAnesthesia Nursing: A Critical Care Approach, 5th Edition is the only book on the market that provides comprehensive clinical content specifically tailored to perianesthesia nurses. The book integrates nursing and pharmacologic interventions with detailed pathophysiology. Focusing on research, documentation, and psychosocial considerations, PeriAnesthesia Nursing: A Critical Care Approach is your complete resource for preparation for ASPAN certification and clinical practice.

• Includes the latest important information on the current policies and issues in the perianesthesia nursing field, including bioterrorism, managed care implications, and legal and ethical issues.
• Nursing and pharmacologic interventions integrated with in-depth coverage of pathophysiology provide a more comprehensive look at disease and treatment.
• Detailed discussions of the many types of anesthetic agents, including regional anesthesia agents, cover the physiology of action and the appropriate nursing interventions to be anticipated in the PACU keep you fully prepared for any situation.
• Coverage of special considerations for patients with conditions such as malignant hyperthermia, substance abuse, sickle cell anemia, and cardiac arrest help you provide better care for patients with these conditions.

• Editor of the Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing and author of Practical Guide to Moderate Sedation/Analgesia, Jan Odom-Forren teams with Cecil B. Drain to provide an even deeper look into perianesthesia nursing.
• Five distinct and comprehensive sections -- concept overview, anatomy and physiology, pharmacology, nursing care, and special considerations -- make this text 5 books in 1.
• Four new chapters on Infection Control in the PACU, Research, Postanesthesia Care Complications, and Care for the Intensive Care Patient in the PACU cover the latest hot topics in perianesthesia nursing.
• Expanded chapters now cover patient safety using simulations, blood component therapy, guidelines for patient education and discharge planning, and continuous epidurals for even more information on topics you need to know.
• Over 100 illustrations and vibrant two-color design portray key perianesthesia techniques and principles, plus relevant anatomy and physiology.
• Each chapter now includes a chapter overview, glossary of key terms with definitions, a chapter summary, and a references/bibliography section.

Differentiating Surgical Instruments

COLLEEN RUTHERFORD

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Total reviews: 7 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Very helpful study guide 5 out of 5 stars.
18 of 19 people found this review helpful.

Of the several books I own on surgical instrumentation, this one has the most clear and useful pictures of the instruments. The spiral binding is student-friendly and the info on each picture is a helpful study guide. I would recommend this book to anyone trying to learn their instruments.

Not much on the differentiation, but a good catalogue 3 out of 5 stars.
13 of 14 people found this review helpful.

The title led me to believe the book would go into depth regarding the subtleties in differentiating between instruments which are very much alike. Instead, the book acts as a good text for the surgical tech student who is still working on getting the basics under his belt. Instruments aren't really differentiated in the book so much as listed with pictures according to specialty. It's good as a general reference, but not for any detailed study.

Editorial Review:

Offers a close-up look at the tips of over 600 cutting, clamping, grasping, retracting, and other surgical instruments to help readers clearly distinguish among them. Includes more than 1200 colour photos of actual individual surgical instruments. Spiral bound.

Certification Review for PeriAnesthesia Nursing

ASPAN, Barbara Putrycus, Jacqueline Ross

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Total reviews: 8 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

Written by the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses (ASPAN) - the leading organization for perianesthesia nursing education, practice, standards and research - this book is the only question-based CAPA and CPAN exam review available. All 700 questions include comprehensive rationales and are individually referenced to current research. This review/practice tool provides you with the core knowledge, essential skills, and fundamental principles integral to perianesthesia nursing practice.

• Case study and clinical application questions help you prepare for in-hospital or ambulatory certification.
• Questions are written at different levels of difficulty throughout, with a strong emphasis on application.
• Case-based scenarios help you apply your knowledge and challenge your understanding of perianesthesia clinical practice.
• Detailed rationales are provided for every question, ensuring that you understand why answers are correct or incorrect.
• Each question is referenced to up-to-date research and key resources, making it easy to locate necessary resources based on your own study plan.

• UNIQUE! This review is based on the latest CPAN and CAPA examination blueprints, ensuring that you are fully prepared for what you will face on these examinations.
• All questions are revised or completely new to reflect the latest standards of practice.

PeriAnesthesia Nursing Core Curriculum: Preoperative, Phase I and Phase II PACU Nursing (Core Curriculum)

ASPAN, Donna M. Defazio Quinn, Lois Schick

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Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 3.0 of 5

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To best serve the needs of practicing perianesthesia nurses, content from Core Curriculum for PeriAnesthesia Nursing, 4th Edition and Ambulatory Surgical Nursing Core Curriculum were combined into one new core, PeriAnesthesia Nursing Core Curriculum. This new core adds additional key content to provide the most comprehensive reference for perianesthesia practice, from preanesthesia through postanesthesia Phase 3. This one resource provides practicing perianesthesia nurses with the complete scope of practice in line with and as defined by ASPAN.

• Focuses on ASPAN's full scope of perianesthesia nursing practice regardless of the practice setting.
• Provides the core content necessary to demonstrate competency as a perianesthesia nurse.
• Includes a section on LifeSpan Considerations, Unit 3, to help the nurse understand the full scope of perianesthesia care from pediatrics through older adult life.
• Unit 4, Competency of Preoperative Assessment incorporates all aspects of the complete assessment of the patient and family including key areas such as cultural and alternative/complementary therapies.
• Unit 6, Surgical Specialties provides a consistent format presentation for each specialty area, including anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, operative procedures, postanesthesia priorities: phases 1, 2, and 3, and where necessary, potential complications including anesthesia and pain management.
• An appendix on Certification Concepts and Testing Strategies along with the core content provides an outstanding tool to prepare for certification as a perinanesthesia nurse (CPAN) or as an ambulatory perianesthesia nurse (CAPA).

Review of Clinical Anesthesia

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Total reviews: 1 Average rating: 3.0 of 5

Not bad. 3 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

This book is pretty good for testing recently read material from Barash Text or Handbook. Has old question format and a bit difficult to follow. Has pretty good question explainations... helps with learning. Would recommend Hall's book of questions " Anesthesia: A Comprehensive Review" over this text.

Editorial Review:

Keyed to the newly revised and updated Fifth Edition of Barash, Cullen, and Stoelting's Clinical Anesthesia, this comprehensive review book is an excellent study tool for preparing for written and oral board exams. It contains 1,059 questions following the format of the actual exams, with answers and succinct, clearly written explanations. The chapters in the review book correspond to the chapters in Clinical Anesthesia, Fifth Edition. The page number in the textbook where more detailed information can be found is cited in the answer to each question.

Nurse Anesthesia Secrets

Mary Karlet

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Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Great book 5 out of 5 stars.
9 of 11 people found this review helpful.

This is a well organizied and easy reading book for the CRNA student. Several senior students have recommended it for board review prep.

Excellent Book 5 out of 5 stars.
7 of 7 people found this review helpful.

This book is one of my Anesthesia favorites. Very well organized. Easy to read. Teaches the nuts and bolts of Nurse Anesthesia practice. It is good for the Nurse Anesthesia Student as well as a CRNA with over 20 years experience, as myself. I highly recommend this book.

Editorial Review:

Nursing Anesthesia Secrets, part of the Nursing Secrets series, provides certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) and nurse anesthesia students with a comprehensive review of topics relevant to nurse anesthesia practice. Organized in an easily accessible question & answer format, the text includes clinically relevant topics, such as equipment, anesthetic management for patients with specific disorders, pharmacology, anesthetic considerations for specific surgical procedures and many more. This format also provides an easy-to-use and comprehensive reference that helps everyone from the busy practitioner researching a case management issue to the student researching and preparing a plan of care.

Nurse Anesthesia

John Nagelhout, Karen Zaglaniczny

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Total reviews: 5 Average rating: 3.0 of 5

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Written by and for nurse anesthetists, the 3rd edition of this popular and comprehensive text continues to focus on the application of sound scientific principles to modern clinical anesthesia practice for all types of surgical procedures and patient populations encountered by anesthesia providers. It also includes an overview of basic science, such as anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, and pathophysiology, while providing current information on current issues such as interventional radiology and patient safety. * The most comprehensive resource of knowledge and information for current anesthesia practitioners and students * Written by expert CRNAs for CRNAs providing the most up-to-date clinical information * Applies sound scientific principles to modern clinical anesthesia practice for all types of surgical procedures and patient populations encountered daily by anesthesia providers * Incorporates the latest specifics of pharmacokinetics, drug delivery systems! , opiate antagonists, and key induction drugs