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Foundations for practice -- Concepts basic to perioperative nursing -- Patient and environmental safety -- Surgical modalities -- Infection prevention and control -- Positioning the patient for surgery -- Sutures, needles, and instruments -- Anesthesia -- Postoperative patient care and pain management -- Wound healing, dressings, and drains -- Patient education and discharge planning -- Surgical interventions -- Gastrointestinal surgery -- Surgery of the liver, biliary tract, pancreas, and spleen -- Repair of hernias -- Gynecologic surgery and cesarean birth -- Genitourinary surgery -- Thyroid and parathyroid surgery -- Breast surgery -- Ophthalmic surgery -- Otologic surgery -- Rhinologic and sinus surgery -- Laryngologic and head and neck surgery -- Orthopedic surgery -- Neurosurgery -- Plastic and reconstructive surgery -- Thoracic surgery -- Vascular surgery -- Cardiac surgery -- Special considerations -- Ambulatory surgery -- Pediatric surgery -- Trauma surgery -- Complementary and alternative therapy. |