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AORN Ambulatory Surgery Core Library Collection

The medical librarians at AORN have compiled a list of suggested books and journals focused on the freestanding surgicenter. This is provided as a guide to selecting quality materials on topics relating to perioperative nursing care.

Journals

AORN Journal
Elsevier Periodicals Customer Service, (800)654-2452 or www.aornjournal.org. Monthly.

FASA UPDATE
Federated Ambulatory Surgery Association, (703)836-8808 or www.fasa.org. Bimonthly.

JOURNAL OF PERIANESTHESIA NURSING
Saunders/Elsevier, Periodicals Department, (800)654-2452 or www.jopan.org. Bimonthly.

NURSING MANAGEMENT
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, (800)638-3030 or www.nursingmanagement.com. Monthly.

OR MANAGER and OR REPORTS
OR Manager, Inc., (800)442-9918 or www.ormanager.com. Monthly.

OUTPATIENT SURGERY
Herrin Publishing Partners, LP, (610)240-4918 or www.outpatientsurgery.net. Monthly.

SAME-DAY SURGERY
American Health Consultants, (800)688-2421 or www.ahcmedia.com. Monthly.

AORN Publications

LASERS: THE PERIOPERATIVE CHALLENGE, Ball, Kay A., 3rd ed., Denver: AORN, Inc., 2004

STANDARDS, RECOMMENDED PRACTICES, & GUIDELINES (2007 ed.) Denver: AORN, Inc., 2007

Books

ALEXANDER'S CARE OF THE PATIENT IN SURGERY, Rothrock, Jane C., 13th ed. St. Louis: Mosby/Elsevier, 2007

AMBULATORY SURGICAL NURSING, Burden, Nancy, 2ND ed.
Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 2000.

BERRY & KOHN'S OPERATING ROOM TECHNIQUE, Fortunato, Nancymarie H., 10th ed. St. Louis: Mosby, 2004.

DEVELOPING AND MANAGING AN AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTER, Englewood, CO: MGMA, 2000.

DISINFECTION, STERILIZATION, AND PRESERVATION, Block, Seymour S., 5th ed., Baltimore, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001.

DRUG INFORMATION HANDBOOK FOR PERIOPERATIVE NURSING, Lexi-Comp, Hudson, OH: Lexi-Comp, 2006.

ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY, Ball, Kay, St. Louis: Mosby, 1997.

INFECTION PREVENTION IN SURGICAL SETTINGS, Gruendemann, Barbara J. & Magnum, Sandra S., Philadelphia: W.B.Saunders, 2001.

PERIOPERATIVE NURSING CARE PLANNING, Rothrock, Jane C., 2nd ed. ST. Louis: Mosby, 1996.

PERIOPERATIVE SERVICES: ADMINISTRATION, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, AND PATIENT CARE. Frye, Kathryn Schroeter. New York: Aspen, 2006.

PRACTICAL GUIDE TO MODERATE SEDATION/ANALGESIA, Odem-Forren, Jan & Watson, Donna, 2nd ed., ST Louis: Mosby, 2005.

PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS, Wenzel, Richard P., 4th ed., Baltimore, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2003.

PROTECTING YOUR ASC: A LEGAL HANDBOOK, Becker, Scott, et al, Alexandria, VA: FASA, 2002.

STERILIZATION TECHNOLOGY FOR THE HEALTH CARE FACILITY, Reichert, Marimargaret and Young, Jack H., 2nd ed., Gaithersburg MD: Aspen, 1997.

SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS: A POCKET GUIDE, Wells, Maryann M. Papanier,3rd. ed., St Louis: Saunders/Elsevier, 2006.

SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE, Fuller, Joanna Kotcher, 4th ed., St.Louis: Elsevier, 2005.