Berry & Kohn's Operating Room Technique - Nancymarie Fortunato Phillips

9780323019804. New condition. Hard cover. 10th ed. Language: English. Pages: 1008. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 1008 p. Contains: Illustrations. Berry & Kohn's Operating Room Technique. For 46 years, "Berry & Kohns Operating Room Technique" has been the text of choice for understanding basic surgical principles and techniques. It is commonly used as a text for either surgical technology or perioperative nursing courses or an educational reference for practicing surgical technologists, perioperative nurses, and in-service training for perioperative professionals. It covers the foundations of surgical techniques in a step-by-step format to enable the perioperative learner to effectively apply basic principles to practice, and focuses on the physiologic and psychologic needs of the patients to provide guidelines for planning and implementing comprehensive, individualized care. It also reviews the most commonly performed surgical procedures to help the reader see and apply surgical techniques and emphasizes teamwork among perioperative caregivers to encourage cooperation in attaining positive patient care outcomes.