This pocket-sized book provides instant, point-of-care access to information every LPN needs quickly every day. The wipeable page surface allows nurses to make notes and remove them easily. Tabbed and color-coded sections and an easy-to-use index facilitate quick reference. Coverage includes weight and temperature conversion charts, infection control measures, assessment, including illustrations of key landmarks, quick-scan charts of laboratory test results, medication administration via different routes including IV infusions and calculating drip rates, geriatric care, emergency basics such as CPR, cardiac arrest algorithm, and interventions for choking, fall precautions, English-Spanish guides, and treatment for biological weapons exposure. This edition includes safe drug administration guidelines, evidence-based nursing guidelines, more geriatric information, more nursing skills, new patient safety information, updated CPR guidelines, pressure ulcer stages, and an expanded Spanish picture dictionary.
