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Perioperative Nursing Suggested Reading List

The following is a list of books on perioperative nursing published since 1995 and held by the AORN Library. It does NOT include books published by AORN. For AORN titles, visit the AORN Perioperative Bookstore.

Unfortunately, we cannot lend to individuals. If you are interested in borrowing any of these titles, please consult your local library. If the title is not available, the librarian may borrow it through national automated interlibrary loan systems. Interlibrary Loan services are offered by libraries of all types (hospital, academic, public).

To purchase other books, you have several options:

Check AORN's Perioperative Bookstore
Many are available through such sites as Amazon.com
Most can be purchased online through the JA Majors Co., a vendor specializing in medical books, at www.thecompanybookstore.com.
Local medical bookstore information can be found at www.majors.com/individuals/individuals.htm.

Australian College of Operating Room Nurses. ACORN STANDARDS FOR PERIOPERATIVE NURSING: NURSING ROLES, GUIDELINES, POSITION STATEMENTS, COMPETENCY STANDARDS. Adelaide: The Australian College of Operating Room Nurses Ltd, 2006.

Avillion, Adrianne E. et al. COMPETENCY MANAGEMENT FOR THE OPERATING ROOM. Marblehead MA: HCPro, 2006.

Ball, Kay. ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY. (Mosby's Perioperative Nursing Series) St. Louis: Mosby, 1997.

Burden, Nancy. AMBULATORY SURGICAL NURSING, 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2000.

Cashman, Jeremy N., ed. PREOPERATIVE ASSESSMENT. London: BMJ Books, 2001.

Davis, Mark S. ADVANCED PRECAUTIONS FOR TODAY'S O.R., 2nd ed. Atlanta: Sweinbinder, 2001.

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

Ehrenwerth, Jan, ed. OPERATING ROOM DESIGN MANUAL. Park Ridge, IL: American Society of Anesthesiologists, 1999.

Fairchild, Susan. PERIOPERATIVE NURSING: PRINCIPLES & PRACTICE, 2nd ed. Boston: Little, Brown, 1996.

Fernsebner, Billie. COMPETENCIES FOR MANAGEMENT OF THE OPERATING ROOM, 3rd ed. Santa Fe, NM: OR Manager, 2005.

Fernsebner, Billie. CORE CURRICULUM FOR PERIOPERATIVE NURSING, 4th ed. Santa Fe, NM: OR Manager, 2002.

Finkelmeier, Betsy A. CARDIOTHORACIC SURGICAL NURSING, 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000.

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

Fortunato, Nancymarie. PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY. (Mosby's Perioperative Nursing Series) St. Louis: Mosby, 1998.

Gabel, Ronald A. OPERATING ROOM MANAGEMENT. Boston: Butterworth, 1999.

Goldman, Maxine A. POCKET GUIDE TO THE OPERATING ROOM. Philadelphia: Davis, 1996.

Groah, Linda K. PERIOPERATIVE NURSING, 3rd ed. Stamford, CT: Appleton & Lange, 1996.

Gruendemann, Barbara J. and Fernsebner, Billie. COMPREHENSIVE PERIOPERATIVE NURSING. Vols 1 & 2. Boston: Jones and Bartlett, 1995.

Gruendemann, Barbara J. and Mangum, Sandra S. INFECTION PREVENTION IN SURGICAL SETTINGS. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2001.

Harris, Andrew P., ed. OPERATING ROOM MANAGEMENT: STRUCTURE, STRATEGIES, & ECONOMICS. St. Louis: Mosby, 1998.

Hickey, Joanne V. CLINICAL PRACTICE OF NEUROLOGICAL AND NEUROSURGICAL NURSING, 5th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2003.

Hutchisson, Bettyann, Phippen, Mark L., Wells, Maryann P. REVIEW OF PERIOPERATIVE NURSING. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2000.

Kost, Michael. MODERATE SEDATION/ANALGESIA: CORE COMPETENCIES FOR PRACTICE, 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2004.

Kumar, Bakul. WORKING IN THE OPERATING DEPARTMENT, 2nd ed. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1998.

MacVittie, Beth Ann. Vascular Surgery (Mosby's Perioperative Nursing Series) St. Louis: Mosby, 1998.

Malangoni, Mark A., ed. CRITICAL ISSUES IN OPERATING ROOM MANAGEMENT. Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven, 1997.

Nagle, Gratia M. GENITOURINARY SURGERY (Mosby's Perioperative Nursing Series) St. Louis: Mosby, 1997.

National Association of Theatre Nurses. NATN STANDARDS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SAFE PERIOPERATIVE PRACTICE, ed. John Beesley, Susan Pirie. Harrogate: NATN, 2004.

Nightingale, Kate. LEARNING TO CARE IN THE OPERATING DEPARTMENT, 2nd ed. London: Arnold, 1995.

Nightingale, Kate, ed. UNDERSTANDING PERIOPERATIVE NURSING. London: Arnold, 1999.

NURSING CARE OF THE PEDIATRIC SURGICAL PATIENT, 2nd ed., ed. Nancy Tkacz Browne et al. Sudbury MA: Jones and Bartlett, 2007.

Odom-Forren, Jan, Watson, Donna. PRACTICAL GUIDE TO MODERATE SEDATION/ANALGESIA. St. Louis: Mosby, 2005.

Operating Room Nurses Association of Canada. RECOMMENDED STANDARDS, GUIDELINES, AND POSITION STATEMENTS FOR PERIOPERATIVE REGISTERED NURSING PRACTICE., 6TH ED. Operating Room Nurses Association of Canada, 2005.

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

PERIOPERATIVE SERVICES MANAGEMENT RESOURCE. Atlanta, GA: American Health Consultants, 1997.

Pfister, Judith. THE NURSING SPECTRUM OF LASERS. Denver: Education Design, 1996.

Phippen, Mark L. and Wells, Maryann Papanier. PATIENT CARE DURING OPERATIVE AND INVASIVE PROCEDURES. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2000.

Phippen, Mark L. and Wells, Maryann Papanier. PERIOPERATIVE NURSING HANDBOOK. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1995.

PRINCIPLES OF SAFE PRACTICE IN THE PERIOPERATIVE ENVIRONMENT. Harrogate UK: NATN, 1998.

Reichert, Marimargaret and Young, Jack H. STERILIZATION TECHNOLOGY, 2nd ed. Gaithersburg MD: Aspen, 1997.

Roth, Rosemary A., ed. PERIOPERATIVE NURSING CORE CURRICULUM. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1995.

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

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

Rothrock, Jane C. THE RN FIRST ASSISTANT, AN EXPANDED PERIOPERATIVE NURSING ROLE. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1999.

Seifert, Patricia. CARDIAC SURGERY: PERIOPERATIVE PATIENT CARE. (Mosby's Perioperative Nursing Series). St. Louis: Mosby, 2002.

Servant, Chris, Purkiss, Shaun. POSITIONING PATIENTS FOR SURGERY. London: Greenwich Medical Media, 2002.

Shields, Linda, Werder, Helen, eds. PERIOPERATIVE NURSING. London: Greenwich Medical Media, 2002.

Spry, Cynthia. ESSENTIALS OF PERIOPERATIVE NURSING, 3rd ed. Sudbury MA: Jones and Bartlett, 2005.

Tighe, Shirley M. INSTRUMENTATION FOR THE OPERATING ROOM, 6th ed. St. Louis: Mosby, 2003.

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

Wicker, Paul, O'Neill, Joy. CARING FOR THE PERIOPERATIVE PATIENT. Oxford: Blackwell, 2006.

Wiener-Kronish, Jeanine. CONSCIOUS SEDATION. Philadelphia: Hanley & Belfus, 2001.
Willock, Marcelle. MANAGEMENT OF THE OPERATING ROOM. INTERNATIONAL ANESTHESIOLOGY CLINICS VOL. 36(1) Winter 1998) Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven, 1998.

Woodhead, Kate, Wicker, Paul. A TEXTBOOK OF PERIOPERATIVE CARE. Edinburgh, New York: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone, 2005.