Perioperative Care

Perioperative care is work in settings where surgical care is being given. This includes preoperative assessment and outpatient clinics, surgical wards, operating departments and post-anaesthetic care/recovery rooms. Use this guide to find information resources about perioperative care including books, reports and journal articles.

• Key Resources
• Books
• Journals

Key Resources Books Journals

Key Resources

Association for Perioperative Practice (2015) Standards and guidance

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NHS England (last updated 2019) National Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures (NatSSIPs)

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National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2015) NICE pathway: preoperative tests.

• NICE guidance is officially England only.
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Royal College of Anaesthetists (2019) Guidelines for the provision of postoperative care 2019, London: RCoA.

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We would like to thank the RCN Perioperative member community for their input into the development of this subject guide.

Books

Association for Perioperative Practice (2016) Standards and recommendations for safe perioperative practice. 4th edn. Harrogate: AfPP.

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Allman K G, Wilson I H and O'Donnell A (eds.) (2016) Oxford handbook of anaesthesia. 4th edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press

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Al-Shaikh B and Stacey S (2018) Essentials of equipment in anaesthesia, critical care and peri-operative medicine. 5th edn. Edinburgh: Elsevier.

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Cousley A and Martin D (eds.) (2016) A perioperative model and framework for practice. Keswick: M&K Update.

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Craig A and Hatfield A (2014) The complete recovery room book. 6th edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press

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Nagelhout J and Plaus K (2014) Handbook of anesthesia. 5th edn. St. Louis: Elsevier Saunders

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Odom-Forren J (2017) Drain's perianesthesia nursing: a critical care approach. 7th edn. Amsterdam: Elsevier.

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Radford M, Kisiel M and Smith A (eds.) (2016) Oxford handbook of surgical nursing. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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Wicker P (2015) Perioperative practice at a glance. Chichester: Wiley

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Wicker P and Dalby S (2016) Rapid perioperative care. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell

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Book subject searches

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• Operating department practice
• Perioperative care
• Preoperative assessment
• Recovery room and post-anaesthetic care

Journal articles

Use these links to see details of journal articles on each topic.

• Perioperative care
• Post operative care
• Preoperative assessment
• Surgical wards
• Theatre nursing

Journals

Journals of interest for perioperative care. Use these links to see details of availability.

• AORN
• Journal of Perioperative Practice
• Open access journal:
  Perioperative Medicine