Pocket Guide to Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Nursing, Fundamentals & Skills, Reference
| Author: | Ursula Heitz, Mima M. Horne | ISBN: | 9780323170819 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Health Sciences | Publication: | November 12, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Mosby | Language: | English |
| Author: | Ursula Heitz, Mima M. Horne |
| ISBN: | 9780323170819 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Health Sciences |
| Publication: | November 12, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Mosby |
| Language: | English |
With its concise, user-friendly outline format, this handy pocket guide is the indispensable consultant for fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base disturbances and how they relate to patient care. Readers will discover pathophysiology, assessment, diagnostic tests, collaborative management, and nursing diagnoses and interventions reviewed in a logical, consistent, and easy-to-read manner.
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Helps readers identify a patient's specific imbalance and understand the required nursing care
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Provides the ability to look up a diagnosis and learn what fluid, electrolyte, or acid-base disturbances are associated with that diagnosis
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Includes patient-family teaching guidelines with clear instructions to give the patient and family regarding care for the condition
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Provides pediatric and geriatric information to help users understand the variations within these special patient populations
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Compares different types of parenteral and enteral feedings, along with nursing implications
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Contains expanded and updated relevant IV therapy and pharmacology
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Features updated content throughout with current literature and research findings, such as most current blood pressure guidelines from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
With its concise, user-friendly outline format, this handy pocket guide is the indispensable consultant for fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base disturbances and how they relate to patient care. Readers will discover pathophysiology, assessment, diagnostic tests, collaborative management, and nursing diagnoses and interventions reviewed in a logical, consistent, and easy-to-read manner.
-
Helps readers identify a patient's specific imbalance and understand the required nursing care
-
Provides the ability to look up a diagnosis and learn what fluid, electrolyte, or acid-base disturbances are associated with that diagnosis
-
Includes patient-family teaching guidelines with clear instructions to give the patient and family regarding care for the condition
-
Provides pediatric and geriatric information to help users understand the variations within these special patient populations
-
Compares different types of parenteral and enteral feedings, along with nursing implications
-
Contains expanded and updated relevant IV therapy and pharmacology
-
Features updated content throughout with current literature and research findings, such as most current blood pressure guidelines from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
