Orthopaedic Nursing Topics (Subscribe)
Categories
- Amputation (0)
- Nursing aspects of amputations and prosthetics
- Anatomy Physiology Pathology (0)
- Basic science topics as they relate to orthopaedic nursing
- Back Pain and Spinal Surgery (2)
- Nursing aspects of the management of Back Pain and spinal surgery patients
- Braces (0)
- Nursing Care of patients in braces
- Cast Care in Adults (9)
- Nursing aspects of cast care in aduults
- Cast Care in Children (3)
- Nursing Aspects of cast care in paediatiric patients
- Complications (25)
- Nursing Care of Orthopaedic Complications
- Discharge Planning (1)
- Patient Self-care and Hospital Discharge needs/planning
- Falls Prevention (5)
- Nursing aspects of falls prevention
- Infection Control (4)
- Infection Control and Wound Management
- Investigations (0)
- Investigations of the Orthopaedic Patient - Nursing aspects
- Medications (1)
- Nursing Information about Medications commonly used in Orthopaedics
- Musculoskeletal Conditions (6)
- Orthopaedic and Musculoskeletal conditions as they relate to nursing care
- Nursing Procedures (1)
- Orthopaedic Nursing Procedures
- Oncology (2)
- Nursing Aspects of Orthopaedic Oncology - the orthopaedic treatment of musculoskeletal tumours, benign and malignant
- Osteoporosis (3)
- Nursing aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of osterporosis
- Paediatric Orthopaedics (8)
- The nursing care of children with orthopaedic conditions
- Pain Management (9)
- Resources for Orthopaedic Nurses concerning Pain Management
- Pin Site Care (5)
- Nursing information on pin site care
- Problems of Immobility (0)
- Nursing problems caused or increased by the patient's immobility
- Rehabilitation (0)
- Nursing aspects of the rehabilitation of orthopaedic patients
- Surgical Procedures (5)
- Descriptions of orthopaedic surgical procedures from the nursing point of view
- Traction (3)
- Resources relating to the nursing care of patients in traction
- Trauma (11)
- Nursing considerations of orthopaedic trauma patients
Links
Nursing Center Orthopedics CE
Continuing Education Modules in Orthopaedic Nursing
Patient Information Booklets
Separate documents cover topics such as joint replacement, joint replacement, scoliosis, prevention of falls, pin site care. Prepared by AMON, Association of Maltese Orthopaedic Nurses, in English and Maltese.
Preoperative Patient Care in the Ambulatory Surgery Setting
AORN Guidance Statement: AORN Journal April 2005
Perioperative nurses have limited contact with patients before surgery, which may lead to an increased risk for adverse patient outcomes. Ambulatory surgery centers must have consistent approaches to preoperative patient care to ensure patient safety. This guidance statement is intended to promote patient safety in the ambulatory surgery setting.
Search for Arthroplasty
Google Search for arthroplasty with nursing filter
Search strategy for nursing topics
This Google search is for the string ("nursing care" OR "nursing procedure" OR "nursing protocol") and returns over 1 million sites. If you add a condition to it eg arthroplasty ("nursing care" OR "nursing procedure" OR "nursing protocol") you get a much smaller and more specific search result with a high proportion of nursing professional material
Search using allintitle
Search for nursing topics using allintitle filter
SIGN Orthopaedic Guidelines
Guidelines proposed by the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network on care and management of specific orthopaedic topics.
