NOVEMBER 1985, VOL 42, NO 5 AORN JOURNAL Book Reviews Operating room logic, patient pain, diagnostic reasoning highlighted Logic of Operating Room Nursing. Jacqueline Willingham Cordner. Medical Economics Co, Inc, Oradell, NY 07649, 1984, 177 pp, $13.95 paperback. Jacqueline Cordner’s book presents an excellent overview of perioperative nursing. This global overview of operating room practice is written in a concise, easily read manner, and uses outline formats for clarification. The book presents chapters on the basics of safety, instruments, draping, positioning, and suture material, to name a few. New areas of emphasis in this third edition are on counts and documentation, a definite improvement from the previous edition. It must be assumed that the information in the book is based on empirical data because no references are provided. The information presented throughout the book is essential, whether the nurse reader is practicing in a small community hospital or a large medical center. The chapters called “The Mental Line-Up” and “The Four-Clue System” are especially stimulating because they present a logical thought process for the preparation and implementation of surgical intervention. I would recommend this book for the novice nurse who needs guidance and a conceptual framework for practice, and for experiencednurses for review of their practice and organizational skills. CHARLOTTE OWEN, RN SHRINER’S HOSPUAL TAMPA. FLA OR COORDINATOR Self-Actualization for Nurses: Issues, Trends and Strategies. Barbara Fuszard, ed. Aspen Systems Corp, 1600 Research Blvd, Rockville, MD 20850, 1984, 252 pp, $28.50 clothbound. Don’t let the title deceive you. At first glance, you might think this book is about how a nurse could motivate herself to develop her abilities and potential as a professional. It is actually about how nursing administration can motivate the professional nurse to accomplish job enrichment. Fuszard believes that nursing administration needs to be more aware of the professional nurse’s desire for self-esteem and self-actualization, and realize how to harness those motivators to increase job satisfaction and productivity. The book consists of a collection of articles on management and motivational theories and complementary articles on how those theories have been applied by nursing administrators in the hospital setting. More than 40 authors contributed to the book. The book is divided into six parts, beginning with the conflict and interrelation between the goals of the employee and those of the institution. What constitutes a profession, its evolution, and how a professional is motivated are discussed next. Other sets of articles discuss what concepts have been used to motivaie employees in the business world, and address how to create a climate for growth in health care institutions. Ideas include primary nursing, clinical nurse specialists, clinical ladders, and specialty teams, which correlate to motivators such as personal achievement, advancement, increased responsibility, and 787

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NOVEMBER 1985, VOL 42, NO 5 A O R N J O U R N A L

Book Reviews Operating room logic, patient pain,

diagnostic reasoning highlighted

Logic of Operating Room Nursing. Jacqueline Willingham Cordner. Medical Economics Co, Inc, Oradell, NY 07649, 1984, 177 pp, $13.95 paperback.

Jacqueline Cordner’s book presents an excellent overview of perioperative nursing. This global overview of operating room practice is written in a concise, easily read manner, and uses outline formats for clarification.

The book presents chapters on the basics of safety, instruments, draping, positioning, and suture material, to name a few. New areas of emphasis in this third edition are on counts and documentation, a definite improvement from the previous edition. It must be assumed that the information in the book is based on empirical data because no references are provided.

The information presented throughout the book is essential, whether the nurse reader is practicing in a small community hospital or a large medical center. The chapters called “The Mental Line-Up” and “The Four-Clue System” are especially stimulating because they present a logical thought process for the preparation and implementation of surgical intervention.

I would recommend this book for the novice nurse who needs guidance and a conceptual framework for practice, and for experienced nurses for review of their practice and organizational skills.

CHARLOTTE OWEN, RN

SHRINER’S HOSPUAL TAMPA. FLA

OR COORDINATOR

Self-Actualization for Nurses: Issues, Trends and Strategies. Barbara Fuszard, ed. Aspen Systems Corp, 1600 Research Blvd, Rockville, MD 20850, 1984, 252 pp, $28.50 clothbound.

Don’t let the title deceive you. At first glance, you might think this book is about how a nurse could motivate herself to develop her abilities and potential as a professional. It is actually about how nursing administration can motivate the professional nurse to accomplish job enrichment. Fuszard believes that nursing administration needs to be more aware of the professional nurse’s desire for self-esteem and self-actualization, and realize how to harness those motivators to increase job satisfaction and productivity.

The book consists of a collection of articles on management and motivational theories and complementary articles on how those theories have been applied by nursing administrators in the hospital setting. More than 40 authors contributed to the book. The book is divided into six parts, beginning with the conflict and interrelation between the goals of the employee and those of the institution. What constitutes a profession, its evolution, and how a professional is motivated are discussed next.

Other sets of articles discuss what concepts have been used to motivaie employees in the business world, and address how to create a climate for growth in health care institutions. Ideas include primary nursing, clinical nurse specialists, clinical ladders, and specialty teams, which correlate to motivators such as personal achievement, advancement, increased responsibility, and

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