SEPTEMBER 2006, VOL 84, NO 3 • AORN JOURNAL • 501© AORN, Inc, 2006

R E V I E W S

PNDS @ Work: Staff Nurse

DevelopmentSusan V. M. Kleinbeck

2005, 64 pages$15 member/$19 nonmember softcover

This is one of the books in a fivebook series that describes how thePerioperative Nursing Data Set(PNDS) vocabulary can be adapted foruse in any facility and in everydayperioperative nursing practice. Thebook includes a brief introduction ofthe PNDS as a universal vocabularyrelating specifically to all phases ofperioperative nursing practice frompreadmission to discharge. The wide-spread use of this language in periop-erative settings could improve theoverall delivery of care and provideadditional standardization for theeducation of perioperative practition-ers. The book includes examples ofhow to use the PNDS as a guide todelivery of care and emphasizes thatnurses do not have to implement allof the PNDS outcomes and interven-tions in order to provide quality carefor every patient. Nurses must useclinical judgment regarding a patient’sindividual needs.

Perioperative nurse educators arethe target audience of this book. Thebook emphasizes that to be an effec-tive teacher, it is important to beaware of the different adult learningstyles and assess individual studentneeds. The three learning styles dis-cussed are visual, auditory, and kines-thetic. Examples of each style are re-viewed and a resource tool for alearning style self-assessment isoffered. The author covers five stepsfor designing a staff development

program, including • educate the educator,• develop a strategic plan for staff

member development,• develop preceptors as clinical

experts,• plan an educational

program, and • evaluate response to

the program.Incorporation of the

PNDS should be thefoundation for perioper-ative professionaldevelopment pro-grams. This how-toguide is an asset tounderstanding thePNDS and incorporating the PNDSvocabulary into the perioperative nurs-ing arena.

This book is available from AORN,2170 S Parker Road, Suite 300, Denver,CO 80231.

ELISABETH CRAIGRN, BSN, CNOR

STAFF NURSE AND QUALITY ASSURANCE COORDINATOR

SALINE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

BENTON, ARK

A Daybook for Nurses:Making a Difference

Each DaySharon Hudacek2004, 166 pages$15.95 softcover

This book reinvigorates ourlove of nursing. According to theauthor, it is designed to sootheour weary souls and restore thepride and peace we as nurses sorichly deserve. Today, withincreased surgical caseloads, diffi-cult interpersonal relationships,

Perioperative Nursing Data Set;daybook of reflections for nurses; curriculum

for RN first assistants; holistic surgery