Operating technique
The first part, presented in 18 topics and 5 technical sheets, provides up-to-date information. It is based on normative documents and standards, as a mandatory element of the competence of the operating nurse. The topics concern the basic requirements for the work of an operating unit, principles of asepsis, antiseptics and prevention of nosocomial infections. Basic equipment, instrumentation and materials necessary to perform surgical interventions.
Also, the role of the nurse - instrumental or auxiliary - is clearly differentiated. The activities of preparing the nurse for work are presented - use of personal protective equipment, dressing of operating clothes, surgical and hygienic disinfection of hands, preparation of the instrument table. The role, duties and responsibilities of the operating room nurse in the activities carried out before, during and after surgery are formulated.
Operative methods in maxillofacial…
The second part is entirely practical. In 10 topics, the levels of competence, the requirements related to them, as well as the types of surgical interventions are presented in tabular form according to the volume of complexity in the fields of surgery, urology, neurosurgery, vascular surgery and orthopedics and traumatology.
Protocols (a total of 28 items) are attached to each of the directions for mastering a specific operative technique in the respective direction. The protocols contain a brief bibliographic reference and a technical sheet containing the necessary instrumentation and consumables, as well as operative techniques. The activities of admission, accommodation and preparation of the patient for surgery, as well as the activities of the nurse at the time of the surgical intervention, are presented algorithmically.
- Operating technique
