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• Title:Introduction to the operating room / edited by Amalia Cochran, Ruth Braga.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Cochran, Amalia, editor.
  Braga, Ruth, editor.
  
• Published/Created:New York : McGraw-Hill Education, [2017]
  

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  • Call Number: WX200 .I61 2017
    
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• Library of Congress Subjects:Operating rooms--Administration.
  Operating rooms.
  Surgery, Operative.
  
• Medical Subjects: Operating Rooms--organization & administration.
  Patient Care Team--organization & administration.
  Medical Staff, Hospital--psychology.
  Cooperative Behavior.
  Communication.
  Surgical Procedures, Operative.
  
• Description:x, 228 pages ; 23 cm
  
• Summary:"This one-of-a-kind resource answers all the questions that newbie clinicians, nurses, and allied health workers have about the Operating Room but are afraid to ask. It is a complete and candid explanation of the sights, sounds, technologies, personalities, and culture that you will experience when you enter that complex, stress-inducing world. With coverage ranging from "Who Are These People?" to "Equipment from A to Z," Introduction to the Operating Room delivers the practical, real-world guidance newcomers need to ensure patient safety and their own career success."--Back cover.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9781259587283 paperback ; alkaline paper
  1259587282 paperback ; alkaline paper
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: SECTION 1 Pre-Op (Before the OR)
  A. Know Before You Go
  1. Operating Room as a Study in Cultural Anthropology / Amalia Cochran
  2. From Start to Finish: Understanding How We Get Here / Ruth Braga
  3. Myth of the Kind Surgeon / Thomas K. Varghese Jr.
  4. Who Are These People?
  4A. Anesthesiologist / Christopher J. Behrens
  4B. Nurse Anesthetist / Clive Thirkill
  4C. From Medical Student to Surgeon / Brian J. Gavitt
  4D. Role of the Resident in the Operating Room / Lara Senekjian
  4E. How to Be a Superstar Medical Student in the Operating Room / Madeline B. Torres
  4F. Operating Room: View from a Physician Assistant / Crystal D. Webb
  4G. OR Staff / Karen Porter
  4H. Perfusionist / Jennie O'Shea
  5. Teamwork and Communication in the Operating Room / Nick Sevdalis
  B. And Now For Something Completely Different
  6. OR and Humor / Ruth Braga
  7. Personalities in the Operating Room / Ross M. Blagg
  8. 2015 Grammy Awards Category: Music in the Operating Room / Winner: Marie Crandall
  SECTION 2 Intraop (In the OR)
  9. Welcome to the Jungle: The Five Senses of the Operating Room / Elizabeth Hanes
  10. Robots and Ring Stands
  10A. Operating Room Equipment From A To Z / Ruth Braga
  10B. Robot Basics: The Nurse's Perspective / Sebrena Banecker
  10C. My Robot Experience, or How Surgeons Learn New Techniques / Walter Medlin
  11. Dancing Around the Room / Ruth Braga
  12. OR and The Surgical Field / Karen Porter
  13. Lines and Tubes: What Are All of Those Things Sticking Out of the Patient's Body? / Thaona D. Garber
  14. Positioning the Patient / Karen Porter
  15. Patient Safety in the OR / Jon Worthen
  16. Distractions and Interruptions in the Operating Room / Louise Hull
  17. View into the Operating Room / Ruth Braga
  And Now For More Entertainment...
  18. Notes from Your Attending / Christian Jones
  19. Tomfoolery, Shenanigans, and Hazing in Surgery / Luke V. Selby
  SECTION 3 Post-Op (After the OR)
  20. Privacy
  -Keep It To Yourself / Ruth Braga
  21. Keep Calm and Trust the Count / Cynthia Howard
  22. Brief Post-Op Note / Amalia Cochran
  APPENDIX
  Quick Guide
  -Answers to the "What Ifs of the OR"....in 100 Words or Less / Jon Worthen.