Portable Rn 2005: The All-in-one Nursing Reference

A compact powerhouse of clinical information, the 2005 Portable RN is an all-in-one pocket guide to every aspect of day-to-day patient care, including assessment, ECG and lab test interpretation, preoperative and postoperative care, nursing procedures, contagious disease precautions, drug administration, and more. The user-friendly, concise presentation features dozens of bulleted lists, charts, and illustrations. This edition has new chapters on pain management, end-of-life care, and wound care and new appendices on dangerous abbreviations, potential agents of bioterrorism, and Websites of disease support groups. Other new features include SI units for lab tests, more illustrations of procedures, and more quick-reference charts.