Pocket Guide to Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance
Heitz, Ursula Easterday, Horne, Mima M.
ISBN 10: 0323026036 ISBN 13: 9780323026031
Published by Mosby, 2004
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Synopsis:
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
About the Author: Ursula Heitz, RN, MSN, Nursing Consultant, Nashville, TN; and Mima M. Horne, RN, MS, CDE, New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Adjunct Faculty, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, NC
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Bibliographic Details
Title: Pocket Guide to Fluid, Electrolyte, and ...
Publisher: Mosby
Publication Date: 2004
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good
Edition: 5 Edition.