Fast Facts for the Operating Room Nurse 2nd Edition

An Orientation and Care Guide in a Nutshell

Theresa Criscitelli
Springer
250 pages
ISBN-13: 978-0826140098
March 2018

Featuring essential information needed daily to provide optimal care to every patient, this 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 Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (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 decisionmaking, and perioperative skills.