Perioperative Services: Administration, Resource Management, and Patient
Care provides detailed information for improving your operating room,
making it more economical, efficient, and compliant. You'll get fast access to
valuable tools and quality support materials, such as policies and procedures,
legal forms, guidelines, job descriptions, patient documentation, and more to
help you formulate the best approaches to the fast-changing health care
marketplace.
With Perioperative Services, you'll have:
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Standards and guidelines for providing efficient and cost-effective care
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Complete job descriptions for a wide selection of perioperative care
professions
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Hundreds of ready-to-use forms, checklists, and tools that help streamline
procedures
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Expert analysis on hot topics, such as Infection Control, Disaster Planning,
Research Utilization, New Technology Purchasing, and more
Perioperative Services provides expert policies, procedures, forms,
guidelines, and more, help you:
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Survive the accreditation process
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Protect your facility from lawsuits and liability
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Prepare for renovation
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Tackle budgeting responsibilities
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Deal with staffing and personnel issues
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Ensure quality patient care and management
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Keep pace with advances in infection control
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And much more!
Perioperative Services has been updated to include:
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;New Appendix 2-5B, Strategies for an Economic Downturn, in which chapter
author Linda Groah adds recommendations to her long-standing budgeting chapter
that provide some tips for economic hard times and uncover opportunities that
may be hidden within economic turmoil.
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New Appendix 3-5A, Zero Tolerance for Preventable Hospital-Acquired
Infections, in which Terri Link examines several MDROs and provides practical
insights into reducing or eliminating HAIs throughout the perioperative
services care continuum.
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Updated Chapter 1-7, Magnet Recognition: Perioperative Focus, in which former
Perioperative Services Consulting Editor Kathryn Schroeter, an ANA Magnet
appraiser, looks at the revised Magnet model and addresses being and staying
Magnet, as well as becoming Magnet.
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Updated Chapter 2-1, Staffing, in which Marialena Murphy examines the culture
that fosters chronically overworked staff and discusses effective staffing
plans and options that can reduce staff fatigue, improve performance, and
reduce potential for serious injury to both staff and patients.
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Updated Chapter 3-8, Ethical Considerations, in which Sarah Vittone provides
new material on ethical issues that occur in perioperative practice, such as
organ donation and reproductive decisions.
Part 1: Administration
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Standards
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Preparing for a Joint Commission Survey
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Legal Considerations
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New Service or Expansion of Existing Service
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Disaster Planning in the Perioperative Environment
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Research Utilization
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Magnet Recognition: Perioperative Focus
Part 2: Resource Management
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Staffing
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Scheduling
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Materials Management
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Data and Computerization
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Budgeting for Financial Success
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Nurse Recruitment and Retention
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Travel Staff in the Operating Room
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New Technology Purchases
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Writing a Business Plan
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Computerization of the Sterile Processing Department
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The Role and Scope of Practice of the Registered Nurse First Assistant
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Creating a Healthier Workplace Environment: What Works and What Doesn't
Part 3: Patient Care
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Documentation
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Policies and Procedures
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Integration of Clinical Pathways into Case Management
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Education in the Perioperative Setting: Theory and Practice
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Infection Control
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Perioperative Pain Management
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Minimally Invasive Surgery: Developing a Comprehensive Operating Room Program
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Ethical Considerations
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Creating the Culture that Increases Safety
"...this book is a practical and concise reference manual that would be beneficial in any manager's library. The ability to update is invaluable in this constant state of change. I highly recommend this manual and welcome it into my library." Tammi Humphrey, RN, BSN, Leesburg Regional Medical Center (AORN Journal)
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