The Obesity Epidemic
According the World Health Organization (WHO), obesity has doubled worldwide since 1980 and has become the leading cause of preventable deaths in the United States [1]. In 2013, the American Medical Association declared obesity a disease [2]. This epidemi
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Passing the Certified Bariatric Nurses Exam
Andrew Loveitt Margaret M. Martin • Marc A. Neff Editors
Passing the Certified Bariatric Nurses Exam
Editors Andrew Loveitt Rowan University Stratford, NJ USA Margaret M. Martin, BSN, RN, CBN Kennedy University Hospital Stratford, NJ USA
Marc A. Neff Kennedy Univ. Hospital - Cherry Hill Center for Surgical Weight Loss Cherry Hill, NJ USA
ISBN 978-3-319-41702-8 ISBN 978-3-319-41703-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-41703-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016962446 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
To my wife, Courtenay, for all you do Andrew Loveitt My 3 children...Jamie, Andrew, and Dylan Marc A. Neff My 3 children…Matthew, David, and Claire Margaret M. Martin
Preface
I have been a caring for bariatric surgery patients since 1999. From the beginning, I realized that this is a different patient population. As different as caring for the elderly, the pregnant patient, the pediatric patient, the health-care professional has to take into account a different physiology and group of disease processes that can manifest themselves differently. A bariatric patient could have a complication, a GI leak, but have minimal findings on physical exam or go into respiratory arrest postop as the general anesthetic slowly diffuses out of their adipose tissue. The knowledge that this patient population is unique is vital to good outcomes and proper patient care. The ASMBS recognized the need for specialized nursing in 2006 and created an exam to help credential those nurses best suited to care for the bariatric patient. The Certified Bariatric Nurse Exam credentials a nurse for 4 years that they have mastered the expertise necessary to care for
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