• ISBN13: 9780729545068
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: N/A
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Publisher Imprint: Elsevier
• Publication Date: November 12, 2025
• Pages: 490
• Original Price: USD 70.99
• Language: English
• Edition: 4 ed
• Item Weight: 1040 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Nursing / Reference

Indispensable resource for the novice perioperative nurse

The most up-to-date resource about perioperative nursing in Australia and New Zealand. Perioperative Nursing: An Introduction provides an in-depth, standards-based overview for those undertaking specialist training.

The text examines the roles and responsibilities of nurses working in perioperative care, including specialty areas such as anaesthesia, intraoperative patient care, post-anaesthesia care and day surgery. It brings theory to life by following the patient experience along their surgery journey.

The fourth edition of this invaluable book has been updated by clinical experts to incorporate the most current national and international standards and guidelines around perioperative nursing in Australia and New Zealand.

• Endorsed by the Australian College of Perioperative Nurses (ACORN)
• Written specifically for those undertaking specialist perioperative nursing training in Australia and New Zealand
• Covers ACORN and Perioperative Nurses College of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (PNC NZNO) Standards, as well as the World Health Organisation (WHO) Surgical Safety Checklist and National Safety and Quality in Health Service Standards
• Written by clinical experts with years of experience in the field
• Covers principles of practice including roles, legal and ethical considerations, patient safety, clinical environment, infection prevention and control and work health and safety

• Fully updated with the latest evidence
• New chapter on Pain Management
• Updated section on Minimally Invasive Surgery
• New information about perioperative care for day stay procedures

• Answer guide for critical thinking questions
• Answer Guide for Case Studies
• Self-Assessment Questions and Answers

• Case Studies
• Critical Thinking questions
• Further Readings
• Glossary

Gillespie, Brigid M.: - Brigid M. Gillespie is Professor of Patient Safety, School of Nursing and Midwifery at Griffith University, QLD, Australia.

Lockwood, Benjamin: - Benjamin Lockwood is a Perioperative Nurse Educator, South Australian Local Health Network (SALHN)Centre for Nursing and Midwifery Education and Research (CNMER)Division of Surgical and Perioperative Medicine (SAPOM)Operating Theatre Suite Flinders Medical Centre Adelaide, SA, Australia.