Description

• Spiral-bound format that easily fits in your pocket for at-a-glance answers or as an on-the-unit shelf reference
• Laminated, wipe-clean pages that are perfect for notetaking
• Dozens of color photos, drawings, and diagrams that demonstrate the concise, easy-to-remember text
• Clear directions and helpful tables delineating vital technical information, including:
  • Lab Values – Chemistry tests, complete blood count, antibiotic levels, urine, acid-base disorders
  • Meds / IV Therapy – Immunization schedules, calculations, conversions, BSA, administration methods and sites, fluid needs, IV solutions, blood compatibility, insulin
  • IV solutions – Infusion therapy and rates
  Color-coded tabs that provide quick access to a broad range of techniques, data, and information on areas such as:
  • Growth and Patterns of Development – Theories of development; expected growth rates; height and weight tables; stages of development – language, play, psychosocial, moral, intuitive; sexual maturity; preparation for hospitalization and surgery
  • Assessment – Health history; length and head circumference; physical exams; abuse assessments; burns; mental health; vital signs – normal heart rates; assessment of body systems – eyes and ears, respiratory, cardiovascular, GI, urinary, nervous, musculoskeletal, hematological, immune, and endocrine
  • Emergency measures – CPR, choking, ACLS algorithms
  • Skills – Med administration, IVs, precautions, tracheostomy care
  • Teaching – SIDS, choking, toileting, burns, poison, drowning, falls, vehicle safety
  • Resources – Conversion, nutrition, sleep, cultural concerns
  Important on-the-job and classroom resources – includes an English-to-Spanish guide for translations of basic terms
• “Nurse Joy” and “Jake” provide expert insights and encouragement on assessments and interventions

Mikki Meadows-Oliver, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Associate Professor of Nursing at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut.

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