Nurse Anesthesia (6th Edition)

Description

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, 6th 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.

Key Features

• 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 to this Edition

• 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.

Table of Contents

1. Unit I: Professional Issues
   1. Nurse Anesthesia: A History of Challenge
   2. Nurse Anesthesia Specialty Practice and Education in the United States
   3. Patient Centered Care, Cultural Competence and Nurse Anesthesia Practice
2. Unit II: Scientific Foundations
   1. Nurse Anesthesia Research: Empowering Decision Making Through Evidence Based Practice
   2. General Principles, Pharmacodynamics, and Drug Receptor Concepts
   3. Pharmacokinetics
   4. Pharmacokinetics of Inhalation Anesthetics
   5. Inhalation Anesthetics
   6. Intravenous Induction Agents
   7. Local Anesthetics
   8. Opioid Agonists and Antagonists
   9. Neuromuscular Blocking Agents, Reversal Agents, and Their Monitoring
   10. Autonomic and Cardiac Pharmacology
   11. Additional Drugs of Interest
   12. Chemistry and Physics of Anesthesia
3. Unit III: Technology Related to Anesthesia Practice
   1. Anesthesia Equipment
   2. Clinical Monitoring
   3. Cardiovascular System
   4. 18. Clinical Monitoring
   5. Respiratory and Metabolic Systems
   6. Clinical Monitoring
   7. Neurologic System
4. Unit IV: Preoperative Preparation
   1. Preoperative Evaluation and Preparation of the Patient
5. Unit V: Intraoperative Management
   1. Fluids, Electrolytes, and Goal-Directed Therapy
   2. Blood and Blood Component Therapy
   3. Positioning for Anesthesia and Surgery
   4. Airway Management
   5. Cardiovascular Anatomy, Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Anesthesia Management
   6. Anesthesia for Cardiac Surgery
   7. Anesthesia Management for Patients with Cardiac Devices
   8. Anesthesia for Vascular Surgery
   9. Respiratory Anatomy, Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Anesthesia Management
   10. Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery
   11. Neuroanatomy, Neurophysiology, and Neuroanesthesia
   12. Renal Anatomy, Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Anesthesia Management
   13. Hepatobiliary and Gastrointestinal Disturbances and Anesthesia
   14. Anesthesia for Laparoscopic Surgery
   15. Anesthesia for Robotic Surgery
   16. Musculoskeletal System Anatomy, Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Anesthesia Management
   17. The Endocrine System and Anesthesia
   18. Hematology and Anesthesia
   19. Thermal Injury and Anesthesia
   20. Trauma Anesthesia
   21. Anesthesia for Transplant Surgery and Organ Procurement
   22. Outpatient Anesthesia
   23. Anesthesia for Ear, Nose, Throat, and Maxillofacial Surgery
   24. Anesthesia for Ophthalmic Procedures
   25. Anesthesia for Orthopedics and Podiatry
   26. The Immune System and Anesthesia
   27. Anesthesia and Laser Surgery
   28. Obesity and Anesthesia Practice
   29. Regional Anesthesia: Spinal and Epidural Anesthesia
   30. Regional Anesthesia: Upper and Lower Extremity Blocks
   31. Obstetric Anesthesia
   32. Neonatal Anesthesia
   33. Pediatric Anesthesia
   34. Geriatrics and Anesthesia Practice
   35. Postanesthesia Recovery
   36. Acute Pain: Physiology and Management
   37. Chronic Pain: Physiology and Management
   38. Non-Operating Room Anesthesia
   39. Anesthesia Complications