RNotes: Nurse's Clinical Pocket Guide (Rnotes2™) (Mobile)

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RNotes: Nurse's Clinical Pocket Guidepowered by Skyscape Publisher: F.A. Davis Company The wildly popular and highly respected RNotes is the preferred tool of nursing educators and students for the delivery of safe and effective health care in hospital and home settings. In this new second edition, RNotes continues to present practical, clinically-oriented content across a wide range of topics in a succinct format. Find more of the commonly-used but rarely memorized clinical information that hundreds of thousands of nurses and students refer to daily.Key FeaturesNEW! Diseases and Disorders section covering interventions and patient education information for the most common conditions nurses will encounter NEW! OB/Peds/Geri section focuses on life span considerations and addresses complications and emergencies associated with pregnancy and delivery Assess section brings together tools for a thorough general assessment of the adult patient NEW! ECG and LABS combined to cover all diagnostic content in one place EMERG/TRAUMA section covers the latest ACLS resuscitation procuedures as well as pediatric and neonatal advanced life support information Expanded coverage of emergency assessment and high-alert meds HIPAA- and OSHA-compliant - supporting privacy issues and minimizing the spread of nosocomial infection Table Viewer: View tables easily and conveniently by rows and columns on the small screen. View Table Viewer demo >Built-in Medical Calculators: Provide instant access from within topics to relevant medical calculators including: Metric Conversions APGAR Score Glasgow Coma Score Body Surface Area (BSA) Revised Trauma Score (RTS)Reorganization of eight current and new sections allow for more intuitive navigation: BASICS - common skills, procedures, and equipment necessary to perform basic, routine nursing tasks. Precautions; Nosocomial Infections; Patient Safety; Oxygen Delivery Equipment, Ventilators, and Chest Tubes; Tube Feedings; Specimen Collection ASSESS - skills, procedures and tools necessary to perform an assessment on an adult patient. Gordon's Functional Health Patterns; Complete Health History; Physical Assessments; Vital Signs; Auscultation; Pressure Sores; Wound Care; General and Focused Assessments and Scales; Neurological and Mental Health Assessments; Suicide Interventions; Substance Abuse; Pain and Pain Management; Postoperative Assessment; Fluid and Electrolytes; Reusable Assessment Forms, Reports, and Notes Pages OB/PEDS/GERI - Pregnancy, Labor, Newborn, Pediatric Assessments, Scales, and Information; Age-Related Changes and Their Implications; Pediatric Formulas, IVs and IM Injection Sites; Child and Adult Immunization Schedules; Pharmacokinetics; Polypharmacy; Inappropriate Medications for the Elderly; Fall Risk Assessment and Prevention; Signs of Malnutrition DISEASES AND DISORDERS - Definition (Incidence, Onset, Etiology, Symptoms), Collaborative Care, Nursing Focus, and Patient Teaching for the Most Commonly Encountered Diseases and Disorders: Cardiovascular; Respiratory; Neurological; Gastrointestinal; Endocrine; Renal/Genitourinary; Musculoskeletal; Neurological; Cancer; Alzheimer's; more EMERG/TRAUMA - Medical Emergencies; CPR; Choking; Resuscitation; Emergency Assessment; Emergency Drugs; ACLS; Defibrillation; Increased Intracranial Pressure; Fractures, Trauma; Abuse; Burns; Shock: Signs and Symptoms; Antidotes; Terrorism MEDS/IV - Medication Administration; High Alert Medications; Medication Errors; Abbreviation and Symbols to Avoid; Common Medication Formulas; Drip Rates and Drug Amounts; IV Solutions (with Indications); Blood Products (with Indications); Blood Transfusion Reaction; Intradermal/Intramuscular/Subcutaneous Injection Sites and Techniques; Z-Track Method; Insulin; Mixing Insulins; Starting an IV; IV insertion and Piggy Back Setup; Common Veins; Complications of Starting and Maintaining IVs; Flushing Peripheral and Central Lines; Common Prescription Drugs Now Combined! LABS/ECG - Common Laboratory Values in Conventional and SI Units; Urinalysis; Hemodynamic Values; Basic ECG Interpretation; Normal Cardiac Rhythm Parameters; Rates and Measurements (HR, PRI, QRS); ECG Rhythm strips TOOLS - Metric Conversions; Common Equivalents and Formulas; Frequently Used Phone Numbers; Community Resources; Cultural Diversity; English/Spanish Translator; Nonverbal Communication charts; Common Symbols and AbbreviationsPlus, with Skyscape's powerful cross-linking you can quickly and easily access any related disease and diagnostic topics across your entire mobile reference library.*Desktop/Tablet PC version requires Windows 98 or higher. Desktop version is not available for iPhone.

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