Portable LPN: The All-in-one Reference for Practical Nurses - Softcover

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Softcover

ISBN 10: 160547584X ISBN 13: 9781605475844

Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2009

Synopsis

A compact powerhouse of clinical information, "Portable LPN" provides practical guidance on today's most important topics. Wide-ranging and concise, the book is an indispensable tool for the nurse who gives day-to-day care. Like having an expert consultant in your pocket, "Portable LPN" shows the way through the large mass of relevant clinical information that nurses require in their daily practice. "Portable LPN" is an all-in-one guide to key clinical topics, such as assessment techniques, distinguishing health from disease, interpreting ECGs and lab tests, preoperative and postoperative care, key nursing procedures, precautions in contagious disease, methods of drug administration, and more. Highlights of this Second Edition include a new chapter on ECGs and interpreting cardiac arrhythmias; new disorders, including MRSA, VRE, and metabolic syndrome; a new patient safety feature; and more procedures, including adult CPR and foreign body airway obstruction.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 160547584X
• ISBN 13: 9781605475844
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 576