AACN Essentials of Critical-Care Nursing Pocket Handbook, Second Edition

Essential Data Critical Care Nurses Must Know

Endorsed by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, this go-anywhere handbook features tables and figures that encapsulate all the information required to give safe and effective care to critically ill patients.

Contents include: Critical Care Drug Tables • Normal Values for Laboratory Tests and Physiologic Parameters • Lists of Assessment Components • Cardiac Rhythms: ECG Characteristics and Treatment Guides, Including Sample Rhythm Strips • 12-Lead ECG Changes in Acute Myocardial Ischemia and Infarct • Troubleshooting Guide for Hemodynamic Monitoring Equipment • Indications for Mechanical Ventilation • Weaning Assessment Tool • ACLS Algorithms.

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Nursing2012 Drug Handbook with Online Toolkit (Nursing Drug Handbook (Lww))

The 32nd edition of the best-selling, original drug handbook for nurses has been revised, updated, and completely redesigned—with generic drugs alphabetically arranged for even faster access to drug and patient care information!  This reliable guide offers comprehensive information on more than 1,000 generic and 3,000 brand-name drugs, with special attention given to maintaining patient safety: readers will find tall-man lettering, prominent black box warnings and clinical alerts, overdose signs and symptoms,  look alike-sound alike drugs, easy-to-spot drug action and I.V. administration information, a new chapter on safe drug administration, and three brand-new appendices covering best practices for avoiding common drug errors, pediatric drugs commonly involved in drug errors, and elder care medication tips. All drug entry names are highlighted for easy retrieval of information, with therapeutic and pharmacologic classes clearly identified. 

 

Nursing2012 Drug Handbook includes the ever-popular color photoguide (enhanced with even more drugs), A-to-Z tabs to quickly locate drug entries, detailed coverage of selected drug classifications, 17 appendices, and FREE online access to monthly drug updates and news, FDA warnings, patient teaching sheets, and a robust Toolkit packed with an array of indispendable tools—including drug safety guidelines and videos, pharmacology animations, pronunciation guides and translators, pediatric and geriatric tips/guidelines, dosage calculator, I.V. compatibility chart, and more.

 

Each book comes with FREE 12-month online/mobile access to every drug in the book with weekly updates through the new Lippincott's Nursing Drug Advisor!  Also includes a special pink ribbon bookmark, with a portion of the purchase price donated to breast cancer research.        

 

  

 

    

 

  

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Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: An Evidence-Based Guide to Planning Care

Use this convenient resource to formulate nursing diagnoses and create individualized care plans! Updated with the most recent NANDA-I approved nursing diagnoses, Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: An Evidence-Based Guide to Planning Care, 9th Edition shows you how to build customized care plans using a three-step process: assess, diagnose, and plan care. It includes suggested nursing diagnoses for over 1,300 client symptoms, medical and psychiatric diagnoses, diagnostic procedures, surgical interventions, and clinical states. Authors Elizabeth Ackley and Gail Ladwig use Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC) and Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) information to guide you in creating care plans that include desired outcomes, interventions, patient teaching, and evidence-based rationales.

• Promotes evidence-based interventions and rationales by including recent or classic research that supports the use of each intervention.
• Unique! Provides care plans for every NANDA-I approved nursing diagnosis.
• Includes step-by-step instructions on how to use the Guide to Nursing Diagnoses and Guide to Planning Care sections to create a unique, individualized plan of care.
• Includes pediatric, geriatric, multicultural, and home care interventions as necessary for plans of care.
• Includes examples of and suggested NIC interventions and NOC outcomes in each care plan.
• Allows quick access to specific symptoms and nursing diagnoses with alphabetical thumb tabs.
• Unique! Includes a Care Plan Constructor on the companion Evolve website for hands-on practice in creating customized plans of care.

• Includes the new 2009-2011 NANDA-I approved nursing diagnoses including 21 new and 8 revised diagnoses.
• Illustrates the Problem-Etiology-Symptom format with an easy-to-follow, colored-coded box to help you in formulating diagnostic statements.
• Explains the difference between the three types of nursing diagnoses.
• Expands information explaining the difference between actual and potential problems in performing an assessment.
• Adds detailed information on the multidisciplinary and collaborative aspect of nursing and how it affects care planning.
• Shows how care planning is used in everyday nursing practice to provide effective nursing care.

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Saunders Nursing Drug Handbook 2011

Ideal for nurses in busy practice settings, this innovative, easy-to-use drug resource with over 1,000 drug entries guides you through clinical priorities and reflects the typical thought process behind ordering prescriptions to help you provide more effective patient care. Detailed coverage of IV drug administration, nursing considerations, and fixed combinations make this handbook essential for everyday practice!

• Complete coverage brings you updated information on more than 1,000 generic-name drugs (encompassing over 4,000 trade-name drugs).
• Alphabetically organized drug entries with convenient A-to-Z thumb tabs provide quick and easy access to key content.
• Detailed information on each drug includes side effects broken down by frequent, occasional, and rare, as well as adverse effects/toxic reactions.
• Clearly marked high-alert drugs, 275 Black Box Alerts, a sound-alike and look-alike drug appendix, and "Tall Man Spellings" recommended by the FDA promote drug administration safety.
• Frequently used herb monographs and additional herb information in the appendix highlight the most common herbs and interactions with drugs, herbs, and foods.
• Lifespan and disorder-related dosage variations prepare you to treat the specific needs of each patient population.
• Comprehensive foldout IV compatibility chart includes essential compatibility information for 65 intravenous drugs.
• Highlighted monographs for the top 204 prescribed drugs help you identify the most frequently administered drugs.
• Nursing implications organized in the functional nursing process framework include content on baseline assessment, intervention/evaluation, and patient and family teaching.
• The top 400 U.S. brand name drugs are cross-referenced throughout for quick reference.
• Information on fixed combinations is included in the dosage section of the monograph for each combined drug.
• Therapeutic and toxic blood level information highlights patient implications for drug administration.
• An overview of actions and uses for drug families offers a snapshot of important drug information for each class.
• Potential herbal interactions are indicated within drug entries for quick reference.
• A list of newly approved drugs in the front of the book allows you to easily locate the latest drugs.

• Entries for 31 newly FDA-approved drugs provide the most current drug information available.
• Extensively updated IV content includes IV compatibilities, expanded rates of infusion, reconstitutions, drip rates, test doses, flushing, and incompatibilities to help you find relevant information quickly.
• Enlarged Black Box Alerts make it easier to locate drugs with a significant risk of serious or life-threatening adverse effects.
• How to Use this Book feature familiarizes you with the organization and layout so you can find essential information quickly and easily.
• Page numbers accompany references to other drugs within an individual drug entry so you can quickly turn to information on the related drug.

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