Nursing & Health: Medical Abbreviations & Normal Ranges
Survival Guide
By Helen Jones
March 2012
Pearson Education
ISBN: 9780273744030
Distributed by Trans-Atlantic Publications
58 pages
$14.95 Spiral Bound
Part of the skill of nursing and healthcare involves being able to decipher and understand the meanings of results and abbreviations. The aim and purpose of this handy survival guide is to supply you with the information which will help you understand this language, so that you can provide appropriate holistic care to your patients.
All you need to know on:
- Commonly used abbreviations and acronyms
- Normal ranges including:
- Blood ranges
- Biochemistry
- Respiratory ranges
- Neurological ranges
- Renal ranges
- Nutritional assessment
- And many more!
Contents:
Introduction
Abbreviations and Acronmys
-Convential Units
-SI Units
NormalRanges
Cardiovascular
Respiratory
Neurological
Renal
Fluid balance
Nutritional assessment
Early warning scores
References