Oxford Handbook of Perioperative Practice

Suzanne Hughes works as a Senior Lecturer in the Cardiff School of Healthcare Sciences at Cardiff University. She is involved in teaching and curriculum development for undergraduate and post-graduate students.She has contributed to wider educational activities that influence public policy and health and has significant experience in academic quality assurance assessments, validation panels at local and external institutions. She is a quality reviewer/assessor for professional bodies and the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence for surgery related guidelines, and a reviewer for many publishing houses.Suzanne's sustained contribution to knowledge transfer is evident through national and international publications related to the field of surgical nursing and education for healthcare professionals, which are widely used by practising nurses and healthcare academics.

• 1: Suzanne Hughes, Harri Jones, Andy Mardell, and Sandra Fender: Perioperative practice2: Kaye Jones and Suzanne Hughes: Ethicolegal aspects of perioperative practice3: Jayne Hancock, Suzanne Hughes, Ben Davies, Sian Bill, Melda Price, Sandra Fender, Gerwyn Jones, Alicia Stringfellow, Sue Barker, Gemma Stacey-Emile, Sarah Fry, Charles Hughes, and Tim Nagle: Admission of surgical patients4: Suzanne Hughes: Preadmission management5: Suzanne Hughes, Beverley Johnson, Ben Stanfield-Davies, Neil Thomas, Susan Ward, Andrew Santos, Jayne Hancock, Gaynor Williams, Lindsey James-Lee, Claire Job, Georgios Tsigkas, and Natalea Purnell: Patients with comorbidities6: Suzanne Highes, Geinor Bean, Andy Mardell, Sian Bill, Melda Price, and Peter McNee: Patient safety7: Suzanne Hughes and Sherran Milton: Principles of anaesthesia8: Suzannre Hughes, Alex Bradbury, Sherran Milton, Anthony Pritchard, and Paul Hennessy: Essential anaesthetic equipment9: Suzanne Hughes and Alun Morgan: Scientific principles10: Alex Harmer, Suzanne Hughes, and Olwen Cooper: Airway management11: Sherran Milton, Tim Lewis, Barbara Jones, and Nick Groves: Complications of anaesthesia12: Gaynor Hamlington and Suzanne Hughes: Specialist anaesthesia13: Melissa Rochon: Patient skin preparation14: Andy Mardell and Moyra Journeaux: Operating theatre practice15: Andy Mardell: Patient positioning for surgery16: Katie Summerhill, Hazel Smith, and Alison James: Surgical equipment17: Hazel Smith: Wound management18: Afzal Zaidi, Katie Summerhill, Suzanne Hughes, and Georgios Tsigkas: Specialist surgery19: Ben Davies: Preparation of the post-anaesthetic care unit20: Gaynor Hamlington, Anthony Pritchard, Nelson Selvaraj, Suzanne Hughes, Dawn Daniel, Ben Davies, Rachel Brent, and Jayne Hancock: Managing the post-anaesthesia patient21: Nisha Bhudia, Felicia Cox, and Suzanne Hughes: Perioperative pharmacology22: Felicia Cox: Pain management23: Andy Parry and Suzanne Hughes: Perioperative drugs I24: Andy Parry, Suzanne Hughes, Harri Jones, and Rhys Jones: Perioperative drugs II25: Paul Hennessy, Suzanne Hughes, and Hannah Grainger: Fluid therapy and replacement26: Tim Lewis, Ricky Hellyar, Andy Parry, Jan Campsie, Suzanne Hughes, Andy Mardell, Jayne Hancock, Ben Stanfield-Davies, Neil Thomas, Susan Ward, and Lindsey James-Lee: Emergency care

Review from previous edition This book offers instant access to perioperative information that practitioners' will find useful within their clinical practice...a valuable guide and I would recommend it to student nurses and operating department practitioners.