Essentials of Perioperative Nursing gives any new perioperative nurse a head start on achieving perioperative competency, as well as serving as an excellent refresher for the experienced nurse to test his or her knowledge of fundamental OR practice. This unique resource includes such features as objectives, course outlines, testing tools, and competency checklists. The perfect resource for operating room nurses, nurses studying to become operating room nurses, current operating room nurses needing to refresh and test their knowledge, as well as colleges offering courses in peroperative nursing. Included with the print book is a test bank CD-ROM.