Description
Supporting you like a friendly, experienced coworker, this enjoyable guide explains the vital nursing terms, concepts, and methods, with easy-to-remember how-tos on essential protocols, treatment algorithms, and technical skills. This must-have resource delivers on-the-spot confidence and information needed for successful classroom and clinical knowledge.
Get the know-how you need to succeed, with this colorful in-your-pocket guide, featuring:
- NEWand updated content on all the basic, vital nursing skills
- Spiral-bound format to easily fit in your pocket for quick at-a-glance answers
- Laminated, wipe-clean pages, perfect for notetaking and revising
- Clear, concise text backed by dozens of color photos, tables, drawings, and diagrams
- Clear directions on performing assessments, including:
- Cardiovascular, respiratory, neurologic, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, integumentary, and endocrine body systems
- Geriatric, pediatric, and psychiatric patient assessments
- Pain assessments
- Administering and monitoring medications and IV therapy, including dosage information
- Emergency care
- Nutrition - troubleshooting tube-feeding problems, evaluating nutritional disorders, nutritional guidelines
- Vital-sign ranges by age group
- Suicide interventions
- CPR algorithms and ECG quick-reference
- Quick-scan charts - lab values
- Infusion rates
- Teaching aids
- Evidence-based nursing practices
- Conversion charts for weight, body temperature, liquids, and solids
- CDC infection control guidelines
- Patient safety and identification guidelines
- Cultural considerations in patient care
- Dangerous Abbreviations to avoid in clinical documentation
- English-Spanish quick-reference guide and dictionary
Clinical Editor
Tracy Taylor, MSN, RN, is an Associate Professor in the Division of Nursing at Kettering College in
Kettering, Ohio.
Book Information
ISBN 9781496372789
Author Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Page Count 204
Imprint Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Publisher Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Weight(grams) 204g