A Davis's Notes Book! Accessing an intravenous site and delivering fluids and medicine can be a difficult and frightening experience for students. IV Med Notes alleviates students' fears by providing up-to-date information needed to safely administer medications by IV, in a user-friendly scrub pocket guide.
"'IV Therapy Notes' provides essential facts and on-the-spot guidance for nurses delivering and maintaining intravenous fluids with different access devices. With a focus on safe administration of IV therapy, [this book] references all types of intravenous fluids and their contents - and the essential rules for calculating infusion rates." -- BOOK JACKET.
Everything you need to know about IV drugs… all in your pocket. This handy, spiral-bound guide features monographs for all of the most common IV drugs in an easy-to-use format that’s organized alphabetically by generic drug name. You’ll also have valuable information on drug calculations, safe administration techniques, and compatibilities at your fingertips.
I.V. Therapy Made Incredibly Easy makes administering I.V. therapy asnap. In this newest edition, nurses and other health professionals can review basics, including purpose, delivery methods, legal issues, standards, and documentation. Chapters cover peripheral and CV therapy, administration of I.V. medications (with considerations for pediatric, elderly, and home care patients), transfusion therapy, chemotherapy, and parenteral nutrition. The easy-to-read format includes light-hearted headings and illustrations to make learning fun. Bullets, checklists, graphics, and cartoon characters enhance each chapter, calling special attention to key facts. This new edition includes epidural drug administration, infection control, needleless devices, and expanded coverage of autotransfusion and hemipheresis.
Covers advanced nursing procedures and concepts associated with over 65 urgent and common medical-surgical conditions. Uses a systems approach, organized by symptom and medical diagnosis. Addresses the clinical picture, immediate interventions, focused assessment, stabilizing and monitoring, and follow-up assessment and interventions. Includes an A&P snapshot of the associated system in each section--7 in all. Provides a focused assessment tool for each body system and each clinical problem. Reviews IV therapy, including indications for crystalloids, colloids, or blood products administration.
Develop all of the skills you need to write clear, concise, and defensible patient/client care notes using a variety of tools, including SOAP notes. This is the ideal resource for any health care professional needing to learn or improve their skills—with simple, straight forward explanations of the hows and whys of documentation. It also keeps pace with the changes in Physical Therapy practice today, emphasizing the Patient/Client Management and WHO’s ICF model.
Eight color-coded tabs including a detailed index that make accessing critical information quick and easy. Explanations of the different types of IV fluids and their actions/effects on the body. Information on how to start, maintain, and troubleshoot IVs, eliminating the need to reach for additional references. NCLEX alerts to draw attention to frequently-tested NCLEX topics. Consistent organization of each tab to make reference easy...