**Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles as an Essential Purchase in Perioperative**Gain the knowledge and skills you need to provide safe, effective perioperative nursing care! Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery, 17th Edition is the definitive resource for nurses and surgical technologists training for a career in the operating room. Illustrated, step-by-step instructions cover patient care in more than 400 surgical interventions, including patient positioning, instrumentation, and postoperative care. Along with the latest on robotic surgery and a review of evidence-based guidelines, this edition includes new coverage of COVID-19 and gender affirmation surgery. From well-known educator Jane C. Rothrock and with every chapter authored by an expert nurse Alexander's gives you the tools you need to pass the CNORe certification exam and succeed in the surgical setting.
UNIT I Foundations for Practice 1 Concepts Basic to Perioperative Nursing 2 Patient Safety and Risk Management 3 Workplace Issues and Staff Safety 4 Infection Prevention and Control 5 Anesthesia 6 Positioning the Patient for Surgery 7 Sutures, Sharps, and Instruments 8 Surgical Modalities 9 Wound Healing, Dressings, and Drains 10 Postoperative Patient Care and Pain Management UNIT II Surgical Interventions 11 Gastrointestinal Surgery 12 Surgery of the Biliary Tract, Pancreas, Liver, and Spleen 13 Hernia Repair 14 Gynecologic and Obstetric Surgery 15 Genitourinary Surgery 16 Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery 17 Breast Surgery 18 Ophthalmic Surgery 19 Otorhinolaryngologic Surgery 20 Orthopedic Surgery 21 Neurosurgery 22 Reconstructive and Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 23 Thoracic Surgery 24 Vascular Surgery 25 Cardiac Surgery UNIT III Special Considerations 26 Pediatric Surgery 27 Geriatric Surgery 28 Trauma Surgery 29 Integrative Health Practices APPENDIX A Laboratory Values Illustration Credits Index Special Features
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