PeriAnesthesia Nursing Care: A Bedside Guide for Safe Recovery

Perianesthesia Nursing Care: A Bedside Guide to Safe Recovery is a key reference for clinicians practicing in preoperative areas, phase I and phase II PACU nursing areas, and nurses working in critical care, OB, and other specialty recovery units. Ideal for perianesthesia nursing orientation and perioperative cross-training programs, this text is beneficial for all those caring for pre-and-post-anesthesia patients. Additionally, it is a valuable tool for nursing students specializing in critical care and perianesthesia nurses preparing to sit for the Certified Post Anesthesia Nursing (CPAN) and Certified Ambulatory Perianesthesia Nurse (CAPA) certification examinations. Divided into three sections that cover the lifespan, Perianesthesia Nursing Care: A Bedside Guide to Safe Recovery is specifically designed to be functional for the clinician and grounding for the student nurse. The first section focuses on core concepts applicable to all perianesthesia patients and families, while the second is population specific, and the third concentrates on particular surgeries and procedures that follow body systems.

'Daphne Stannard has over 25 years of clinical experience in critical care and perianesthesia nursing.'' She is currently the Associate Chief Nurse Researcher and Perianesthesia Clinical Nurse Specialist at the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center.'As the Associate Chief Nurse Researcher, she is responsible for coordinating and fostering nursing research within the UCSF Medical Center.'Wearing her Perianesthesia CNS hat, Daphne directly covers all perioperative recovery areas and indirectly covers all other recovery areas within the medical center.'Her research program focuses on clinical practice issues, including role development within nursing, and her research expertise is in qualitative research methodologies.'

'Dina A. Krenzischek has over 30 years of clinical and management experiences in perianesthesia settings, critical care, emergency room, and operating room practices. She is currently the Adult Perianesthesia Nurse Manager at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. As a Nurse Manager, she is responsible in managing the clinical practice, performance improvement/safety, operation, service excellence, and foster/promote the development of staff of the main adult Same Day Prep and Post Anesthesia Care Units. Her lectures and research activities focus on clinical, safety, leadership, and management practices.