Practical resource for all healthcare professionals involved in day-to-day management of operating rooms of all sizes and complexity.

An evidence-based guide that describes how to lead an effective operating room, ensuring safety and efficiency while maximizing resources.

EARN THE ONLY PERIOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT CREDENTIAL Created by the organization that administers the CSSM exam, the CSSM® Exam Prep, Second Edition, is the go-to resource for practicing professionals. Obtaining the CSSM certification and engaging in the continual learning requirements increases candidates’ breadth and depth of specialty nursing knowledge and better prepares them to serve as perioperative nurse leaders. This book covers everything test-takers need to know to be successful on the exam. Featuring case studies, exam tips, and a comprehensive review of all seven subject areas, this guide makes exam prep easy and efficient. - Detailed content review by exam subject area - Breakdown of key terms and perioperative nurse management skills you’ll be tested on - 200 exam-formatted practice questions with answers and supported rationales* - Case studies to apply your knowledge of key concepts - Guidance on question format and study strategy The CSSM credential is ideally suited for a wide range of managerial roles, including directors, managers, and nurses who oversee a budget, a business unit, a service line, or personnel. The CSSM certification is the highest level of professional achievement for perioperative nursing professionals working in surgical services management, and your efforts to further test and validate your knowledge will benefit and inspire those teams with whom you work. *Practice questions contained within this product do not appear in any other CCI products, and none of the sample questions will be found on the actual CNOR exam. As a certification organization, CCI’s role is developing and administering certification examinations. CCI does not require or endorse any specific study guides, review products, or training courses. Candidates may prepare for certification examinations with any educational materials they choose. Purchase of CCI review materials is not a requirement for testing, nor does use of any review materials (CCI or otherwise) imply successful performance on the certification examinations. No study resources are prerequisites for the certification examinations.

Distilling the ideas central to managing operating theatres, this book provides a practical and easy to use toolkit to improve theatre efficiency and patient outcomes. It advocates using time as the key measurement and proposes a new norm of operating theatre management based on rational, data-driven principles. Notions of 'efficiency' and 'scheduling' are clearly defined, and a scheduling toolkit available to download accompanies the work. The book's easy to use format supports managers in list planning, performance monitoring and demand-capacity matching while considering limited budgets and resources. It includes contributions from around the world, demonstrating the global application of its core approach. Aimed primarily at operating theatre managers, this book will also interest consultants, senior trainees, nurses and administrators who are involved in the daily running of the operating theatre and/or want to develop their leadership/managerial skills.

Designed for the management and development of professional nurses, this text provides management concepts and theories, giving professional administrators theoretical and practical knowledge, enabling them to maintain morale, motivation, and productivity. Organized around the four management functions of Planning, Organizing, Leadership, and Evaluation, it includes new chapters on total quality management, the theory of human resource development, and collective bargaining. Additionally, content has been added to include recommendations from the work of the Institute of Medicine and the Magnet Appraisal process.

Anesthesia Outside of the Operating Room is a comprehensive, up-to-date textbook that covers all aspects of anesthesia care in OOR settings, from financial considerations to anesthetic techniques to quality assurance. With increasing numbers of procedures such as cardiac catheterization and imaging taking place outside of the main OR, anesthesia providers as well as non-anesthesia members of the patient care team will find this book critical to their understanding of the principles of anesthesia care in unique settings which may have limited physical resources. The book includes chapters on patient monitoring techniques, pre-procedure evaluation and post-procedure care, and procedural sedation performed by non-anesthesia providers. Its authors address problems of anesthesia that have unique answers in OOR settings, such as patient transport and cardiac arrest, and discuss technological progress and considerations for the future. The text also covers surgical procedures and anesthetic considerations by procedure location, such as radiology, infertility clinics, field and military environments, and pediatric settings, among many others Select guidelines from the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) are provided as well. Edited by the senior faculty from Harvard Medical School and with contributions from other academic institutions, Anesthesia Outside of the Operating Room provides a unique and convenient compendium of expertise and experience.

Leadership, management and team working have become central to the role of the nurse, as recognised in the latest NMC standards for education. This book assists students in meeting the NMC requirements, and helps them apply recent leadership and management theory to the nurse's role. It explores students' current perceptions and concerns, giving practical guidance for immediate challenges the new nurse will face: team working, delegation, conflict management and negotiation. It then considers staff development and motivation, mentoring, supervising and creating a learning environment. Later chapters explore more complex aspects such as management theory, recruitment, risk management and managing change.

Transforming Nursing Practice is a series tailor made for pre-registration student nurses. Each book in the series is: · Affordable · Mapped to the NMC Standards and Essential Skills Clusters · Focused on applying theory to practice · Full of active learning features ‘The set of books is an excellent resource for students. The series is small, easily portable and valuable. I use the whole set on a regular basis.’ Fiona Davies, Senior Nurse Lecturer, University of Derby Whatever stage you are at in your nursing career leadership, management and team working skills will be central to your role as a modern nurse. The book has been carefully crafted to equip you with these skills helping you to understand why leadership and management is so important, how it fits in with your daily practice and what the key theory and knowledge is. It will be a valuable resource for all three years of the nursing degree and a tool to help you grow into a nurse leader of the future. Key features: · Written with the needs of student nurses firmly in mind with activities and case studies that bring theory to life · Linked to the latest NMC Standards and Essential Skills Clusters for pre-registration nursing education · Provides practical guidance on the immediate challenges that the new nurse will face About the Authors Peter Ellis is Nursing Director at Hospice in the Weald, Pembury, Kent. Shirley Bach is Head of the School of Health Sciences at the University of Brighton.

Anesthesiologists and a nurse manager from the University of Rochester, New York describe the environment and design of operating rooms, for immediate managers or others who have broad administrative or fiscal responsibilities for the suite. Focusing on business strategies, the discuss such aspects as organizational structure, financial management, accounting principles, inventory control, operations management, and marketing. The goal is to improve quality, increase productivity, and reduce costs. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR