Quick Reference to Critical Care by Nancy H Diepenbrock - 9780781777148 - Compare Prices on New & Used Textbooks, Cheap Textbooks

This pocket-sized book is a quick-reference guide to procedures, treatments, and stabilization techniques for disorders, injuries, and patient situations commonly seen in the critical care setting. The first section is organized by body system, with problems of each system alphabetized. The second section contains essential information on drugs, dosing, conversions, calculations, compatibilities, laboratory tests, and more. Cross-references with page numbers enable users to find the information they need quickly, without searching the index. This edition is thoroughly updated and includes a new chapter on imaging techniques.

		Quick Reference to Critical Care by Nancy H Diepenbrock ISBN-10: 9780781777148 ISBN-10: 0-7817-7714-3 ISBN-13: 9780781777148 ISBN-13: 978-0-7817-7714-8 Paperback 2007-04-01 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Find Lowest Price
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Product Description This pocket-sized book is a quick-reference guide to procedures, treatments, and stabilization techniques for disorders, injuries, and patient situations commonly seen in the critical care setting. The first section is organized by body system, with problems of each system alphabetized. The second section contains essential information on drugs, dosing, conversions, calculations, compatibilities, laboratory tests, and more. Cross-references with page numbers enable users to find the information they need quickly, without searching the index. This edition is thoroughly updated and includes a new chapter on imaging techniques.
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Excellent Mentor Reference! I am an ICU nurse. I am mentoring a new graduate. This is an amazing book that is broken down simply enough so that she can grasp individual sections and indepently guide her towards a more indepth understanding with its great referencing points. Yet, it is comprehensive enough that a more experienced nurse can truly appreciate it.
This is the one I carry every day to work! As a new nurse in the ICU, I was fortunate to have a didactic critical care class. That being said, the information was overwhelming and not broken down into easily digestible nuggets. This book gives you "the down and dirty" of what you need to know when you need to know it as the index and table of contents are accurate and easy to use. Finding info fast that tells me what I need is what this book offers me. I own Kathy White's fast facts as well and know that many ICU nurses love that reference, however this book is what I carry and turn to for information. Everyone where I work that has looked at this book loves it, and it fits in my side cargo pocket easily too!
Excellent resource This is the newest version of this excellent book. It is even better with the new info. Very up to date and complete in every aspect. Would highly recommend it for ANY Critical Care area!!
Great book, but one mistake found I am a cardiovascular technician instructor and am always looking for quick reference materials to help with teaching as well as patient care. This book is outstanding! It is compact enough to carry around, but carries volumes of useful information. We even tested it out to see how comprehensive it is by looking up items that are frequently overlooked by other critical care references, such as Ashman's phenomenon and Wellen's T waves (both of which are in here). The information given is just enough to help you out, with great diagrams to further help with understanding or for memory aids. The mistake that I found is on page 397 of the 3rd ed. The diagram states that the illustration is of the Doppler spectal display of the mitral valve. The actual diagram is of a comparison of monomorphic vs. biphasic defibrillation waveforms (with the same diagram also shown on page 105). Even with this editorial overlook, this book is extremely valuable and I would most definitely recommend it to anyone working in any part of critical care medicine!
Excellent book for critical care This is an excellent book for all critical care nurses. It is succinct and comprehensive at the same time. It explains things easily and lets you know what you need to know regarding issues such as DKA, etc. It even has a section on different drug calculations when hanging a drip (ie dobutamine), etc. A must have reference for every critical care nurse!