Textbooks

The following list of required textbooks is published in compliance with State of Arkansas General Assembly Act 175 of the 2007 Regular Session.

Spring 2013

SUT 2222  Perioperative Practice 

Jackson, Julia (2007). Ethics, Legal Issues, and Professionalism in Surgical Technology.  (1^st ed.) Clifton Park, NY:  Thomson-Delmar Learning.  ISBN-9781401857936

Key, non-technical aspects of daily technical functions in the operating room and the departments involved with surgery 
 

SUT 2221  Pharmacology for the Surgical Technologist

Snyder, K. C., & Keegan, C. (2008). Pharmacology for the Surgical Technologist (3^rd ed.).  St. Louis, Missouri:  Saunders Elsevier.  ISBN 9781437710021

Review of basic mathematic and pharmacologic principles, commonly-used medications, and basic anesthesia concepts needed to function as an effective surgical team member
 

SUT 2520  Advanced Operating Room Techniques

Nemitz, R. (2010). Surgical Instrumentation: An Interactive Approach (1^st ed.).  St. Louis, MO: Elsevier ISBN  9781416037026

Photographs that provide a focus on the tips of the instruments such that similar instruments are more easily differentiated. Entries include official names; common nicknames; and descriptions of instrument features, categories, and uses

Rothrock, J.C., & Alexander, S. M. (2012). Alexander’s Surgical Procedures (1^st ed). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier ISBN 9780323075558

Provides step-by-step information on over 700 surgical procedures as they relate to the surgical technologist

 

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