Synopses & Reviews
A comprehensive, well-illustrated dictionary of key nursing terms, definitions, and abbreviations Featuring 200+ full-color illustrations this pocket-sized dictionary allows you to quickly and easily look up important nursing-related words and phrases. Carefully updated to include the latest terms, the content has been physician-reviewed to assure the most accurate coverage possible.
Along with clear, concise definitions, the third edition also includes valuable appendices such as abbreviations used in prescriptions, food sources of vitamins, centigrade and fahrenheit scales, and more.
About the Author
U.N. Panda, MD, Senior Physician, New Delhi, India
Table of Contents
Dictionary
Appendices
Abbreviations used in prescriptions
Abbreviations for diseases, investigations and procedures
Child and infant resuscitation
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Food sources of water-soluble vitamins
Food sources of fat-soluble vitamins
Food sources of minerals
Duration of isolation in communicable diseases
Centigrade and Fahrenheit scales
Psychomotor development
Items of mini-mental state examination
Geriatric depression scale (GDS)
Postanesthesia recovery room chart
Characteristics of burns according to depth
Nutrition ready reckoner for international food
Fishes and sea food
Animal food