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A compact powerhouse of clinical information,
Portable RN, Fourth
Edition
, is an all-in-one pocket guide to every aspect of day-to-day
patient care. Coverage includes assessment techniques and findings,
ECG and lab test interpretation, preoperative and postoperative
care, nursing procedures, contagious disease precautions, drug
administration, wound care, end-of-life care, pain management,
documenting care, andmore.
This edition includes new information on the latest ventilator modes,
current AHA CPR and obstructed airway guidelines, new medication
and general patient safety features, and more disease information
including VRE infection, MRSA infection, and metabolic syndrome.
The thoroughly updated content incorporates current InfusionNurses
Society standardsof practiceand JointCommissionguidelines.
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Medicationandgeneral patient safety features.
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Table of Contents
ContributorsandConsultants
Ch. 1: Assessment: Reviewing the techniques
Ch. 2: Assessment Findings:Distinguishing
health fromdisease
Ch. 3: ECGs: Interpreting themwith ease
and accuracy
Ch. 4: CommonLaboratoryTests: Giving
care and interpreting results
Ch. 5: CommonDisorders:Treating and
preventing diseases
Ch. 6: CommonProcedures: Performing
them safely and accurately
Ch. 7: Surgical PatientCare: Reviewing the
techniques
Ch. 8: PainManagement: Assessing pain and
usingmedications
Ch. 9: PressureUlcers andTraumaticWound
Care: Preventing, staging, and treating
wounds
Ch. 10: Precautions: Preventing the spread
of infection
Ch. 11:Troubleshooting: Spotting and
correcting equipment problems
Ch. 12:DrugAdministration: Reviewing
themethods
Ch. 13:DosageCalculation: Ensuring
effective therapy
Ch. 14:DrugHazards: Recognizing and
responding to them
Ch. 15: Complications: Spotting and
correcting life-threatening conditions
Ch. 16: End-of-lifeCare: Caring for the
dying patient andhis family
Ch. 17:Documentation Systems:
Completing forms fully and concisely
Appendices
Cultural considerations inpatient care
Potential agents of bioterrorism
Web sites of selected organizations
Dangerous abbreviations
Selected references
Index
PortableRN:TheAll-in-OneNursingReference, FourthEdition
LippincottWilliams&Wilkins
978-1-60547-974-3 • February2010 • FlexibleBinding •5” x8” • 704pp. •280 Illus. •50Tables