1. Preoperative assessment Melanie Oakley and Joanne Bratchell CHAPTER CONTENTS Introduction3 What is preoperative assessment? 3 Aim of preoperative assessment4 Patient information8 Documentation10 Conclusion11 Appendix13 Key objectives of the chapter…
19. Patients requiring surgery on the male reproductive system Aoife Donoghue CHAPTER CONTENTS Introduction375 Anatomy and physiology of the male reproductive system375 Urological investigations and assessment377 Carcinoma of the prostate…
10. Patients requiring neurosurgery Christine Eberhardie CHAPTER CONTENTS Introduction137 Overview of the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system137 Specialist investigations139 Neurosurgery141 Preoperative assessment of the patient undergoing cerebral surgery142…
18. Patients requiring surgery on the renal and urinary tract Janice Minter CHAPTER CONTENTS Introduction349 Anatomy and physiology of the urinary tract349 Renal and urological investigations352 Nursing assessment of the…
15. Care of the patient requiring thoracic surgery Emma Gardner CHAPTER CONTENTS Introduction275 An overview of the respiratory system and the mechanics of breathing276 Respiratory assessment280 Common disorders requiring surgical…
4. Perioperative stress and anxiety in the surgical patient Melanie Oakley and Rosie Pudner CHAPTER CONTENTS Introduction45 Anxiety in the surgical patient46 Methods of relieving anxiety in the surgical patient47…
8. Concepts of pain and the surgical patient Sharon Kitcatt CHAPTER CONTENTS Introduction103 Classification of pain104 General principles in the management of acute pain104 Methods of administering postoperative analgesia107 Pharmacology…
13. Patients requiring thyroid surgery Rosie Pudner CHAPTER CONTENTS Introduction229 Anatomy and physiology229 Disorders of the thyroid gland230 Conservative management of hyperthyroidism231 Specific investigations of a patient with thyroid dysfunction231…
9. Discharge planning following surgery Rosi Castle and Teresa Rooney-Kaymakci CHAPTER CONTENTS Introduction123 Defining and describing multidisciplinary discharge planning124 Discharge planning within the context of past and present Government policy125…
7. Altered body image and the surgical patient Adèle Atkinson and Rosie Pudner CHAPTER CONTENTS Introduction91 What is meant by body image?91 Perceptions of altered body image92 Reactions to altered…
