Nursing Facts Made Incredibly Quick (bok, spiral, eng)

The newly updated Nursing Facts Made Incredibly Quick! ®, 3rd Edition is the essential take-along pocket guide, offering instant access to the everyday clinical tools and information required of nurses in all specialty areas.

Supporting you like a friendly, experienced coworker, this enjoyable guide explains the vital nursing terms, concepts, and methods, with easy-to-remember how-tos on essential protocols, treatment algorithms, and technical skills.

This must-have resource delivers on-the-spot confidence and information needed for successful classroom and clinical knowledge.

Get the know-how you need to succeed, with this colorful in-your-pocket guide, featuring:

• NEWand updated content on all the basic, vital nursing skills
• Spiral-bound format to easily fit in your pocket for quick at-a-glance answers
• Laminated, wipe-clean pages, perfect for notetaking and revising
• Clear, concise text backed by dozens of color photos, tables, drawings, and diagrams
• Clear directions on performing assessments, including:
  • Cardiovascular, respiratory, neurologic, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, integumentary, and endocrine body systems
  • Geriatric, pediatric, and psychiatric patient assessments
  • Pain assessments
  Color-coded tabs, providing quick access to information on a broad range of skills, with illustrated quick techniques, data, and information on areas such as:
  • Administering and monitoring medications and IV therapy, including dosage information
  • Emergency care
  • Nutrition – troubleshooting tube-feeding problems, evaluating nutritional disorders, nutritional guidelines
  • Vital-sign ranges by age group
  • Suicide interventions
  • CPR algorithms and ECG quick-reference
  • Quick-scan charts – lab values
  • Infusion rates
  • Teaching aids
  Important on-the-job resources:
  • Evidence-based nursing practices
  • Conversion charts for weight, body temperature, liquids, and solids
  • CDC infection control guidelines
  • Patient safety and identification guidelines
  • Cultural considerations in patient care
  • Dangerous Abbreviations to avoid in clinical documentation
  • English-Spanish quick-reference guide and dictionary

Clinical Editor

Tracy Taylor, MSN, RN, is an Associate Professor in the Division of Nursing at Kettering College in
Kettering, Ohio.