Part of the skill of nursing and healthcare involves being able to decipher and understand the meanings of results and abbreviations. Fully updated, this second edition is a handy survival guide which will supply you with up-to-date information and help you understand this language, so that you can provide appropriate holistic care to your patients.

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Part of the skill of nursing and healthcare involves being able to decipher and understand the meanings of results and abbreviations.

Introduction

Abbreviations and acronyms

Conventional units of measurement

Normal Ranges:

Cardiovascular: Pulse Sites

Blood pressure stages

Biochemistry

Blood composition: Coagulation screen

Cardiac Enzymes

Hormone levels

Respiratory: Respiration rates

Tidal Volumes

Arterial Blood Gases

Acid Base Balance

Peak Flow readings

Neurological: Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)

Renal: Urinalysis

Fluid Balance

Nutritional assessment: MUST

Patient at Risk Scores: NEWS

PEWS

Skin assessment: WATERLOW

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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781138351974
Publisert
2019-05-13
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Taylor & Francis Ltd; Routledge
Vekt
40 gr
Høyde
120 mm
Bredde
80 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
64

Forfatter

Om bidragsyterne

Helen Jones is Senior Lecturer, Pre-Registration Nursing at the University of Worcester, UK.