Medical Abbreviations & Normal Ranges - Survival Guide

Informationen zum Autor Helen Jones is Senior Lecturer! Pre-Registration Nursing at the University of Worcester! UK. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Abbreviations and acronymsConventional units of measurementNormal Ranges:Cardiovascular: Pulse Sites Blood pressure stagesBiochemistryBlood composition: Coagulation screenCardiac Enzymes Hormone levelsRespiratory: Respiration ratesTidal Volumes Arterial Blood GasesAcid Base Balance Peak Flow readings Neurological: Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)Renal: UrinalysisFluid Balance Nutritional assessment: MUSTPatient at Risk Scores: NEWSPEWSSkin assessment: WATERLOW

Product details

• Authors: Jones, Helen Jones
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9781138351967
• ISBN: 978-1-138-35196-7
• No. of pages: 58
• Series: Nursing and Health Survival Guides; Nursing and Health Survival Guides
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Nursing; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works