TY - BOOK AU - Jones,Helen TI - Medical abbreviations & normal ranges T2 - Nursing & health survival guide SN - 9780273744030 (pbk.) : AV - R123 U1 - 610.148 JON PY - 2011/// CY - Harlow PB - Pearson Education KW - Medicine KW - Abbreviations KW - Reference values (Medicine) KW - Health and Wellbeing KW - ukslc KW - Medicine: general issues KW - thema KW - Nursing KW - Reference works N1 - Title from cover; 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 - etc; Includes bibliographical references; Introduction Abbreviations and Acronmys -Convential Units -SI Units NormalRanges Cardiovascular Respiratory Neurological Renal Fluid balance Nutritional assessment Early warning scores References N2 - This handy guide provides the reader with the information to help them understand medical abbreviations, so that they can provide appropriate holistic care to their patients ER -