Alexander’s Care of the Patient in Surgery

Alexander’s Care of the Patient in Surgery, now in heading its 6 th decade of
publication it maintains a long standing tradition as the standard in
perioperative nursing. Alexander’s is a comprehensive reference developed to
assist perioperative personnel to meet the individual needs of surgical patients for
safe, cost-effective, efficient care by delivering state-of-the-art information that
reflects quality contemporary practice. Unit 1 provides information on basic
principles and patient care requisites essential to all perioperative patients. Step
by-step procedures for over 400 general and specialty surgical interventions are
found in Unit 2, and Unit 3 discusses the unique needs of ambulatory, pediatric,
geriatric, and trauma surgery patients. Unit 3 also includes a new chapter on
Complementary Therapies to provide a basic understanding of these
considerations within the perioperative environment.

Key features Alexander’s Care of the Patient in Surgery includes an emphasis on
Patient Education and Discharge Planning incorporated in each chapter to address
continuity of care from the perioperative environment through discharge. Coverage of
the latest surgical trends and advancements presents an increased number of
endoscopic/minimally invasive surgical procedures in each surgical specialty chapter.
The Surgical Modalities chapter continues to provide key content on technological
advancements in endoscopic surgery, lasers, electrosurgical modalities, cryosurgery,
and telesurgery.