Principle and Practice of Nurse Anesthesia Book

	Contributors
	Reviewers
	Preface
	Foreword
Pt. I	From Nurse to Nurse Anesthetist	1
1	Justifiably Proud: A Brief History of Nurse Anesthetists	3
2	The Evolution of the Role of the Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist	17
3	Legal Foundations of Nurse Anesthesia Practice	27
4	Strategies for Learning in Graduate Education	41
Pt. II	Environment	57
5	Surgical Environments for the Twenty-First Century	59
6	Occupational Health and Safety	69
7	Patient Health and Safety	81
8	Anesthetic Delivery Systems	93
Pt. III	Assessment Across the Life Span	123
9	Perianesthetic Assessment in a Health Model	125
10	Assessment of the Cardiovascular System of the Adult	137
11	Respiratory Assessment in the Adult	161
12	Assessment of the Neurologic System of the Adult	199
13	Assessment of the Renal, Gastrointestinal, and Endocrine Systems of the Adult	235
14	The Geriatric Patient	283
15	The Neonatal and Pediatric Patient	305
16	The Obstetric Patient	317
Pt. IV	Applied Pharmacology	343
17	Pharmacologic Principles of Anesthesia	345
18	Inhaled Anesthetics	363
19	Pharmacology of Intravenous Anesthetics	381
20	Pharmacology of Local Anesthetics	415
21	Pharmacology of Neuromuscular Blockade and Antagonism	433
22	Pharmacology of Cardiovascular Drugs	475
Pt. V	Perioperative Management, Techniques, and Applications	497
23	Perioperative Monitoring	499
24	Positioning for Anesthesia and Surgery	543
25	Airway Management	567
26	Fluid Therapy	593
27	Blood and Blood Component Therapy	609
28	Techniques of General Anesthesia and Conscious Sedation	639
29	Regional Anesthesia Techniques	657
30	Postoperative Management and Critical Care	675
31	Pain Management	703
32	Case Planning and Management by Patient Classification	731
Pt. VI	Outcomes and Evaluation	765
33	Documentation of Anesthesia Care	767
34	Anesthetic Complications	785
35	Anesthesia Outcomes and Evaluation	805
	Index	817
	Computer Diskette (Reference Information and Clinical Tips)