Paul Wicker & Joy O’Neill 
Caring for the Perioperative Patient 

Caring for the Perioperative Patient is a practical, evidence-based
and innovative book that identifies and discusses the essential
core skills and knowledge required by perioperative practitioners
to care for their patients. Divided into two sections, the
first explores core perioperative issues, such as pharmacology,
communication, homeostasis, and equipment. The second part of
the book looks at more specific perioperative practice issues,
including enhanced competence, patient preparation, and care of the
patient during anaesthesia, surgery, and recovery.

This updated new edition is skills-focused and uses examples of
techniques or procedures to illustrate how skills can be applied in
perioperative practice. It is essential reading for nurses or
operating department practitioners (ODPs) who perform scrub,
circulating, anaesthetic and recovery roles whilst caring for
perioperative patients, as well as nursing and ODP students working
in perioperative care.

* New edition of a successful text for perioperative
practitioners and students

* Emphasises holistic patient centred care

* Focused on key skills and knowledge required by
practitioners

* Explores the evidence-base for safe and effective practice

Daftar Isi

Foreword by Mary Moore Associate Director, National
Orthopaedic Project, Department of Health, London

Preface

Acknowledgements

Section 1 Core Issues

1 Perioperative homeostasis (Paul Wicker).

2 Managing perioperative equipment (Joy
O’Neill).

3 Perioperative pharmacology (Paul Wicker and Africa
Bocos).

4 Perioperative communication (Joy
O’Neill).

5 Managing perioperative risks (Joy
O’Neill).

Section 2 Perioperative Practice

6 A route to enhanced competence in perioperative care
(Paul Wicker and Jill Ferbrache).

7 Preoperative preparation of perioperative patients
(Paul Wicker).

8 Patient care during anaesthesia (Joy
O’Neill).

9 Patient care during surgery (Paul Wicker and Adele
Nightingale).

10 Patient care during recovery (Paul Wicker and
Felicia Cox).

Index

Tentang Penulis

Paul Wicker is Programme Leader of the Diploma in Operating
Department Practice at Edge Hill College of Higher Education,
Liverpool

Joy O’Neill is Training and Development Co-ordinator in
the Theatre Department at Royal Oldham Hospital, Pennine Acute NHS
Hospital Trust