Perioperative Nursing: Books, Journals & Podcasts

The following are a selection of current texts on perioperative nursing - check your library's catalogue for availability:

Alexander's care of the patient in surgery / Rothrock and McEwen. Elsevier/Mosby.

Basic surgical techniques / R.M.Kirk. Elsevier.

Berry & Kohn's operating room technique / Nancymarie Phillips. Elsevier.

Clinical companion to medical-surgical nursing: assessment and management of clinical problems / Halger (et al). Elsevier.

Drain's perianesthesia nursing: a critical care approach / Odem-Forren. Elsevier.

Essentials of perioperative nursing / Goodman and Spry. Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Fast facts for the operating room nurse: an orientation and care guide in a nutshell / Criscitelli. Springer.

Lewis' medical-surgical nursing: assessment and management of clinical problems / Brown (ed). Elsevier.

Medical-surgical nursing demystified / Jim Keogh. McGraw-Hill

Medical-surgical nursing made incredibly easy / Duffe. Lippincott

Medical-surgical nursing: clinical reasoning in patient care / LeMone (et al). Pearson

Perioperative medicine / Kohn (ed). Springer.

Perioperative nursing: an introduction / Hamlin (et al). Elsevier

Perioperative practice at a glance / Paul Wicker. Wiley Blackwell.

Principles & practice of surgery / Garden (et al). Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier.

Surgical patient safety: a case-based approach / Philip F. Stahel. McGraw Hill.

Surgical technology prep / Bak & Muhammad. McGraw Hill.

Surgical technology: principles and practice / Joanna Kotcher Fuller. Elsevier.

Journal of Perioperative and Clinical Intensive Care Nursing - recommended articles