Berry & Kohn's Operating Room Technique

By Nancymarie Phillips and Anita Hornacky

Book Overview

Berry & Kohn's Operating Room Technique has been the text of choice for understanding basic surgical principles and techniques for more than 50 years. Highly readable, accurate, and comprehensive, it covers the "nuts and bolts" of surgical techniques in a format that makes it easy to effectively apply basic principles to clinical practice. Expert author Nancymarie Phillips emphasizes the importance of teamwork throughout, with practical strategies and examples of how cooperation among perioperative caregivers contributes to positive patient care outcomes.

Detailed coverage presents the fundamentals of perioperative nursing and surgical technology roles.

A strong focus on the physiological, psychological, and spiritual considerations of perioperative patients gives you the knowledge you need to plan and implement comprehensive, individualized care.

Discussions of perioperative patient care for both inpatient and ambulatory procedures highlights key considerations for each setting, as well as for individual surgical procedures.

In-depth discussions of patients with special needs related to age or health status helps you learn to develop of a plan of care tailored to the unique care parameters of all patients.

Helpful features such as chapter outlines with page numbers, chapter objectives, and key terms and definitions help you quickly find important information and focus your study time. NEW Over 50 new and revised illustrations reflect the latest perioperative procedures, techniques, and equipment.

Updated content ensures you have the latest information on key topics, including:

Computerized documentation

"Never Events" and reimbursement

Credentialing and certification

Bioterrorism and prion contamination

Surgical hand hygiene, gowning, and gloving

Wound healing and hemostasis

Surgical instrumentation

NEW References throughout the text highlight the importance of evidence-based practice.

Expanded coverage in the Administration of Perioperative Patient Care Services chapter features managerial approaches to TeamSTEPPS and SCIP, as well as magnet status. Updated physical plant information offers the latest 2011 updates concerning air-flow and room size according to AAMI standards.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0323073581
• ISBN13: 9780323073585
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Mosby
• Length: 1056 Pages
• Weight: 5.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.3" x 1.5" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

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This is a great book

I have been a surgeons puppy dog for many years now. I worked in the OR before I went to medical school, then mainly took all surgery electives. This book helped when the discussion of positioning, the background, overview, and has pictures. I will use it next year when I am a surgical intern also. I only recommend to those who are serious about surgery or who have the money to get it during med school and have an active surgical core clerkship.

Instructor opinion

This year I have chosen the Berry & Kohn text. I think it is an excellent choice. I use this book in conjunction with Surgical Technology for the Surgical Technologist. Berry & Kohn is more extensive and includes more detail. However, I have not been able to find a text bank or instructor guide

There's no "con" to Berry and Kohn

I found this book indispensible in studying to become an operating room nurse. I have been a registered nurse for 25+ years and have not found a book more helpful than this in learning a new aspect of nursing. It shares tables, pictures, boxes of interesting notes and even websites and search engines to make learning more fun and interesting. Don't go into the operating room without it. This is no con!