Chapter 10 Preventive Measures for Wrong-Site, Wrong-Person, and Wrong-Procedure Error in the Perioperative Setting Sharon A. McNamara, MS, RN, CNOR Newspaper headlines inform the public about the wrong leg amputated…
Chapter 11 To Count or Not to Count A Surgical Misadventure Cecil A. King, MS, RN, CNOR, APRN On August 1, 2007, in the Inpatient Prospective Payment System Fiscal Year…
Chapter 14 Prevention of Positioning Injuries Debra Fawcett, PhD, RN Positioning the surgical patient is a vital component of perioperative nursing practice and must be completed with knowledge and forethought….
Chapter 5 Perioperative Safe Medication Use A Focused Review Linda J. Wanzer, MSN, RN, CNOR, Rodney W. Hicks, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, BradLee Goeckner, MSN, RN, LCDR, CNOR, Lisa…
Chapter 3 Use of Medmarx Data for the Support and Development of Perioperative Medication Policy Vivian M. Sersen, MSN, RN, CNOR, PCNS, CDR, NC, USN, Sandra C. Garmon Bibb, DNSc,…
Chapter 26 Safety in the Perioperative Setting Vendor Support Peggy Camp, MSN, BSN, RN Managing patient safety in the perioperative setting continues to be a major challenge. Managers of surgical…
Chapter 13 Preventing Surgical Site Infections Peter B. Graves, BSN, RN, CNOR Prevention of surgical site infections (SSIs) is a key risk management and quality improvement issue. A surgical site…
Chapter 7 Bloodless Surgery and Patient Safety Issues Jarrell Fox, Sandy L. Brown, RN, Rebecca Vigil, RN “Bloodless” surgery? “NO BLOOD!” These requests most certainly have an impact on patient…
Chapter 4 Competence, Nursing Practice, and Safe Patient Care Linda Brazen, MSN, BSN, RN, CNOR Competent, competence, competences, competency, competencies—all describe, but in no way define, the complex of knowledge,…
86. Wegener’s Granulomatosis Definition Wegener’s granulomatosis (WG) is the systemic vasculitis of small and medium arteries, venules, and arterioles. Large arteries may also be affected. Incidence WG is rare; the…
