Includes bibliographic reference.

Operating room: physical set up, categories of peole in O.R., general functions -- Operating room: procedure according to the work record of the student -- Operating table and positions -- Sterilization and disinfection -- A short description and definitions of some technical terms in comon use -- Role of the nurse in major abdominal operation--scrubbed nurse--circulating nurse--contaminated operation:care of specimens--premedication room--recovery room

The revised and modified book reflects the knowledge and long experience of the author as a theatre nurse and then as a teacher in Fundamentals of Nursing. U=It has been designed in such a manner that it fits in the curriculum.