Nurse Anesthesia / Edition 5

by Sass Elisha EdD, CRNA, FAAN, John J. Nagelhout CRNA, PhD, FAAN, Karen Plaus PhD, CRNA, FAAN

Overview

Gain a thorough understanding of nursing anesthesia with the most comprehensive text on the market. Written by leading expert, John Nagelhout, CRNA, PhD, FAAN, and new contributing author Sass Elisha, EdD, CRNA, Nurse Anesthesia, 6^th Edition features both scientific principles and evidence-based material. Inside you’ll find a solid introduction to the history, education, and legal issues of nurse anesthetist, its scientific foundations, equipment and monitoring, and preoperative evaluation and preparation of the patient. This new edition includes chapters on patient centered care and cultural competence, additional drugs of interest, blood and blood component therapy, anesthesia management for patients with cardiac devices, anesthesia for robotic surgery, anesthesia for transplant surgery and organ procurement, and physiology and management of acute and chronic pain. Not only a key reference for practicing nurse anesthetists, this bestseller prepares you for certification and today's clinical anesthesia practice.

• New coverage includes the latest specifics of pharmacokinetics, drug delivery systems, opiate antagonists, and key induction drugs.
• Updated information on patient safety, monitoring, and pharmacology.
• Unique! Expert CRNA authors provide the current clinical information that you will use in daily practice.
• Over 700 tables and boxes highlight the most essential information in a quick, easy-to-reference format.
• Easy-to-use organization covers basic principles first, and builds on those with individual chapters for each surgical specialty.
• Updated TJC standards for monitoring and administering moderate sedation/analgesia.

• NEW! Expanded content includes; non-OR anesthesia, acute and chronic pain management, anesthesia implications of complementary and alternative medicine, robotic surgery, new and less invasive procedures in interventional radiography, implications of modern implanted cardiac devices, and more!
• NEW! Full-color design and figures clarify difficult concepts and give the text a contemporary look and feel.
• NEW! Co-author Sass Elisha brings a fresh perspective to this edition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781455706129
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	01/23/2013
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	1424
Product dimensions:	11.02(w) x 8.74(h) x 2.16(d)

About the Author

Nagelhout, John J., PhD, CRNA (Kaiser Permanente); Zaglaniczny, Karen L., PhD, CRNA, FAAN

Table of Contents

Unit I: Professional Issues

1. Nurse Anesthesia: A History of Challenge

2. Nurse Anesthesia Specialty Practice and Education in the United States NEW!

3. Legal Conceptsin Nurse Anesthesia Practice

Unit II: Scientific Foundations

4. Nurse Anesthesia Research: Science of an Orderly, Purposeful, and Systematic Nature

5. General Principles, Pharmacodynamics, and Drug Receptor Concepts

6. Pharmacokinetics

7. Pharmacokinetics of Inhalation Anesthetics

8. Inhalation Anesthetics

9. Intravenous Induction Agents

10. Local Anesthetics

11. Opioid Agonists and Antagonists

12. Neuromuscular Blocking Agents, Reversal Agents and Their Monitoring

13. Autonomic and Cardiac Pharmacology

14. Chemistry and Physics of Anesthesia

Unit III: Technology Related to Anesthesia Practice

15. Anesthesia Equipment

16. Clinical Monitoring I: Cardiovascular System

17. Clinical Monitoring II: Respiratory and Metabolic Systems

18. Clinical Monitoring III: Neurological System

Unit IV: Preoperative Preparation

19. Preoperative Evaluation and Preparation of the Patient

Unit V: Intraoperative Management

20. Fluids, Electrolytes, and Blood Component Therapy

21. Positioning for Anesthesia and Surgery

22. Airway Management

23. Cardiovascular Anatomy, Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Anesthesia Management

24. Anesthesia for Cardiac Surgery

25. Anesthesia for Vascular Surgery

26. Respiratory Anatomy, Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Anesthesia Management

27. Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery

28. Neuroanatomy, Neurophysiology, and Neuroanesthesia

29. Renal Anatomy, Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Anesthesia Management

30. Hepatobiliary and Gastrointestinal Disorders and Anesthesia

31. Anesthesia for Laparoscopic Surgery

32. Musculoskeletal System Anatomy, Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Anesthesia Management

33. The Endocrine System and Anesthesia

34. Hematology and Anesthesia

35. Thermal Injury and Anesthesia

36. Trauma Anesthesia

37. Outpatient Anesthesia

38. Anesthesia for Ear, Nose, Throat, and Maxillofacial Surgery

39. Anesthesia for Ophthalmic Procedures

40. Anesthesia for Orthopedics and Podiatry

41. The Immune System and Anesthesia

42. Anesthesia and Laser Surgery

43. Obesity and Anesthesia Practice

44. Regional Anesthesia: Spinal and Epidural Anesthesia

45. Regional Anesthesia: Upper and Lower Extremity Blocks

46. Obstetric Anesthesia

47. Neonatal Anesthesia

48. Pediatric Anesthesia

49. Geriatrics and Anesthesia Practice

50. Postanesthesia Recovery

51. Pain Management

52. Anesthesia for Therapeutic and Diagnostic Procedures

53. Anesthesia Complications

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From the Publisher

A complete, comprehensive reference that prepares you for today’s anesthesia practice

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Kathleen M. Woodruff, DNP, RN, ANP-BC(USC School of Social Work)
Description: Originally published in 1997, this book is now in its sixth edition and is used extensively in the education of nurse anesthetists. This valuable book is a seminal work in the area of anesthesia and has received both national and international praise.
Purpose: The main focus is to provide a comprehensive, evidence-based resource for nurse anesthetist students. As nurse anesthesia education has evolved to the Doctor of Nursing practice level, so has the complexity of the material this book presents. The authors have clear worthwhile objectives and meet them admirably.
Audience: This comprehensive book is written for advanced practice doctoral nursing students focused on nursing anesthesia. The authors are experts in the field of nurse anesthesia.
Features: The book is organized into five distinct and pertinent sections. It covers professional issues related to the practice of nurse anesthesia, focusing on the history and the future of the role. In an era of growth through technology, it provides the most up to date advances in the field. A discussion of advances in pharmacology is presented in a clear and organized fashion. The book also covers the areas of preoperative and intraoperative management of patients.
Assessment: This comprehensive book is essential for all nurse anesthesia students and clinical practitioners. This update enables this valuable resource to maintain its premier standing by ensuring that readers have the most up-to-date and accurate information to inform their clinical practice.

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