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Main description:
Fluids and electrolytes are key subjects in nursing education that contribute to the student nurse's ability to meet the Standards of Proficiency of Care Delivery and Care Management: a requirement for entry to the nursing register.
Fluids and Electrolytes Made Incredibly Easy! is an entertaining and informative book that reviews the fundamentals of fluids and electrolytes in an interesting and easy-to-understand way. Organized into four parts, it provides comprehensive coverage of this challenging topic, including: fluid, electrolyte and acid-base basics; fluid and electrolyte imbalances; the importance and management of imbalances in major health problems; and treatments.
This book is packed with numerous reader-friendly features including abundant charts, illustrations, checklists, quick quizzes, memory joggers and chapter summaries. Drawing on current UK and European guidance, this book is an essential resource for nursing students.
Contents:
Part I Balancing basics
- 1 Balancing fluids
- 2 Balancing electrolytes
- 3 Balancing acids and bases
- 4 When fluids tip the balance
- 5 When sodium tips the balance
- 6 When potassium tips the balance
- 7 When magnesium tips the balance
- 8 When calcium tips the balance
- 9 When phosphorus tips the balance
- 10 When chloride tips the balance
- 11 When acids and bases tip the balance
- 12 Heat syndromes
- 13 Heart failure
- 14 Respiratory failure
- 15 Excessive GI fluid loss
- 16 Acute pancreatitis
- 17 Renal failure
- 18 Burns
- 19 I.V. fluid replacement
- 20 Total parenteral nutrition
Part II Fluid and electrolyte imbalances
Part III Disorders that cause imbalances
Part IV Treating imbalances
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Publication date: July, 2010
Pages: 384
Weight: 2g
Availability: Not available (reason unspecified)
Subcategories: Nursing, Physiology
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