Pocket Guide to Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance
With its concise, user-friendly outline format, this handy pocket guide is the indispensable consultant for fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base disturbances and how they relate to patient care. Readers will discover pathophysiology, assessment, diagnostic tests, collaborative management, and nursing diagnoses and interventions reviewed in a logical, consistent, and easy-to-read manner.Helps readers identify a patient's specific imbalance and understand the required nursing careProvides the ability to look up a diagnosis and learn what fluid, electrolyte, or acid-base disturbances are associated with that diagnosisIncludes patient-family teaching guidelines with clear instructions to give the patient and family regarding care for the conditionProvides pediatric and geriatric information to help users understand the variations within these special patient populationsCompares different types of parenteral and enteral feedings, along with nursing implicationsContains expanded and updated relevant IV therapy and pharmacologyFeatures updated content throughout with current literature and research findings, such as most current blood pressure guidelines from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
