Suzanne Hughes works as a Senior Lecturer in the Cardiff School of Healthcare Sciences at Cardiff University. She is involved in teaching and curriculum development for undergraduate and post-graduate students.
She has contributed to wider educational activities that influence public policy and health and has significant experience in academic quality assurance assessments, validation panels at local and external institutions. She is a quality reviewer/assessor for professional bodies and the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence for surgery related guidelines, and a reviewer for many publishing houses.
Suzanne's sustained contribution to knowledge transfer is evident through national and international publications related to the field of surgical nursing and education for healthcare professionals, which are widely used by practising nurses and healthcare academics.

• 1: Suzanne Hughes, Harri Jones, Andy Mardell, and Sandra Fender: Perioperative practice


• 2: Kaye Jones and Suzanne Hughes: Ethicolegal aspects of perioperative practice


• 3: Jayne Hancock, Suzanne Hughes, Ben Davies, Sian Bill, Melda Price, Sandra Fender, Gerwyn Jones, Alicia Stringfellow, Sue Barker, Gemma Stacey-Emile, Sarah Fry, Charles Hughes, and Tim Nagle: Admission of surgical patients


• 4: Suzanne Hughes: Preadmission management


• 5: Suzanne Hughes, Beverley Johnson, Ben Stanfield-Davies, Neil Thomas, Susan Ward, Andrew Santos, Jayne Hancock, Gaynor Williams, Lindsey James-Lee, Claire Job, Georgios Tsigkas, and Natalea Purnell: Patients with comorbidities


• 6: Suzanne Highes, Geinor Bean, Andy Mardell, Sian Bill, Melda Price, and Peter McNee: Patient safety


• 7: Suzanne Hughes and Sherran Milton: Principles of anaesthesia


• 8: Suzannre Hughes, Alex Bradbury, Sherran Milton, Anthony Pritchard, and Paul Hennessy: Essential anaesthetic equipment


• 9: Suzanne Hughes and Alun Morgan: Scientific principles


• 10: Alex Harmer, Suzanne Hughes, and Olwen Cooper: Airway management


• 11: Sherran Milton, Tim Lewis, Barbara Jones, and Nick Groves: Complications of anaesthesia


• 12: Gaynor Hamlington and Suzanne Hughes: Specialist anaesthesia


• 13: Melissa Rochon: Patient skin preparation


• 14: Andy Mardell and Moyra Journeaux: Operating theatre practice


• 15: Andy Mardell: Patient positioning for surgery


• 16: Katie Summerhill, Hazel Smith, and Alison James: Surgical equipment


• 17: Hazel Smith: Wound management


• 18: Afzal Zaidi, Katie Summerhill, Suzanne Hughes, and Georgios Tsigkas: Specialist surgery


• 19: Ben Davies: Preparation of the post-anaesthetic care unit


• 20: Gaynor Hamlington, Anthony Pritchard, Nelson Selvaraj, Suzanne Hughes, Dawn Daniel, Ben Davies, Rachel Brent, and Jayne Hancock: Managing the post-anaesthesia patient


• 21: Nisha Bhudia, Felicia Cox, and Suzanne Hughes: Perioperative pharmacology


• 22: Felicia Cox: Pain management


• 23: Andy Parry and Suzanne Hughes: Perioperative drugs I


• 24: Andy Parry, Suzanne Hughes, Harri Jones, and Rhys Jones: Perioperative drugs II


• 25: Paul Hennessy, Suzanne Hughes, and Hannah Grainger: Fluid therapy and replacement


• 26: Tim Lewis, Ricky Hellyar, Andy Parry, Jan Campsie, Suzanne Hughes, Andy Mardell, Jayne Hancock, Ben Stanfield-Davies, Neil Thomas, Susan Ward, and Lindsey James-Lee: Emergency care

Taking a logical sequence to follow the journey of the patient from anaesthesia to surgery, then on to the post-anaesthetic recovery area, this new edition of Perioperative Practice provides guidance on all aspect of patient care and support.