Illustrated Guide for Theatre Nurses

Illustrated Guide for Theatre Nurses provides practical instruction on how to perform correctly the many duties of a nurse. It presents the various procedures that are described in a series of photographs. This text begins with a series of photographs showing how the nurse should carry out her duties in the operating room. It then demonstrates the fundamental principles that underlie all modern operating techniques. This book is a valuable resource for nurses, technicians, student nurses, medical students, and clinical instructors.

ForewordIntroductionAuthors' Introductory RemarksScrubbing UpGowningGlovingUsing a BundleCovering a Trolley-1Covering a Trolley-2Moving a Sterile TrolleyKeeping a Trolley SterileCleaning a TrolleyPositioning the PatientApplying a Diathermy PlateApplying a TourniquetPreparing the Patient's SkinTowellingMoving a Bunch of Artery ForcepsPresenting a Tray of InstrumentsPaper EnvelopesNylon BagsUsing Lifting ForcepsDip BowlsLoose SwabsStick SwabsPresenting Sterile KnivesRemoving a Detachable BladeHanding InstrumentsOpening Catgut TubesCatgut from Foil PacksHanding a Free LigatureLigature EggsMounted LigaturesThreading and Handing NeedlesMonofilament NylonTension SuturesWire SuturesThreading FasciaDrainsNylon Twist DrainsPathologyPouring SolutionsElastoplast Pressure DressingsWrapping a BundleFolding a Trolley Cover