In order to provide the best patient care, nurses need fast, clear information at their fingertips. Our everyday resources for nurses include pocket guides and titles in our "Incredibly Easy" series including Nursing Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacology and Dosage Calculations. In this presentation, we provide an overview of the everyday resources for nurses available through LWW.
2. Resources for Busy Nurses
Nurses rarely get a moment’s rest. Between coordinating tests,
administering medications and seeing to patient care, nurses need
resources that provide clear information — fast.
LWW’s nursing resources and pocket guides put the information nurses
need at their fingertips. In this presentation, we’ll look at some of our
most popular resources for nurses on the go.
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3. Nursing Diagnosis Pocket Guide
Sparks and Taylor's Nursing Diagnosis Pocket Guide provides comprehensive
care plans for various clinical settings in alphabetized, full-color, two-
page spreads. This includes:
Nursing care plans for the 21 newest nursing
diagnoses
Updated information for the 9 revised nursing
diagnoses
Linkages between NANDA-I, NIC and NOC labels
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4. Dosage Calculations Made Easy
Springhouses’s Dosage Calculations Made Incredibly Easy provides quick
reference and instruction for nurses handling both simple and complex
dosage calculations. This simple guide includes:
Reviews of basic math, including fractions, decimals, percentages,
ratios, and proportions
Illustrations of difficult concepts
Examples of drug orders
Information about deciphering difficult
abbreviations
Tips on dealing with unclear handwriting
Tips on selecting administration equipment
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5. Nursing Pharmacology Made Easy
Another guide in the popular “Incredibly Easy” series, Lippincott’s
Nursing Pharmacology Made Incredibly Easy provides information about
how drugs act in the body, and against specific ailments. This helpful
guide:
Reviews drugs by pharmacologic class
Reviews nursing processes for each drug
category
Highlights potentially dangerous interactions,
including herbal interactions
Highlights adverse reactions
Provides at-a-glance information via tables,
illustrations, and flow charts
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6. Clinical Pharmacology Made Easy
Created especially for nurses in a clinical setting, Clinical Pharmacology
Made Incredibly Easy provides focused information about how drugs act
within the body with a focus medications for pain, psychiatric disorders,
infection, electrolyte imbalances, and cancer. This “incredibly easy”
guide provides:
Information on drugs in each
pharmacologic class
Information regarding potentially
dangerous drug interactions
Information regarding vaccines, treatments,
and antidotes for biological and chemical
weapons exposure
New appendix on common herbal preparations
and drug interactions
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7. Nursing Resources
For more information about all of LWW’s nursing texts and journals, visit
lww.com.
Or, follow us on social media.
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8. About Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) is a leading international publisher
of trusted content delivered in innovative ways to practitioners,
professionals and students to learn new skills, stay current on their
practice, and make important decisions to improve patient care and
clinical outcomes. LWW is part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading
global provider of information, business intelligence and point-of-care
solutions for the healthcare industry. Wolters Kluwer Health is part of
Wolters Kluwer, a market-leading global information services company
with 2011 annual revenues of €3.4 billion ($4.7 billion).
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