Pocket Guide to Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 5th Edition
- 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
ISBN :
9780323060462
Publication Date :
26-10-2004
- 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
New to this edition
- 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
Key Features
- 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
Author Information
By 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
