Nursing Facts Made Incredibly Quick

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The newly updatedNursing Facts Made Incredibly Quick!®, 3rd Edition is the essential take-along pocket guide, offering instant access to the everyday clinical tools and information required of nurses in all specialty areas.   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:   * NEW and 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 * Color-coded tabs, providing quick access to information on a broad range of skills, with illustrated quick techniques, data, and information on areas such as: * 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 * Important on-the-job resources: * 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.