Fluids & Electrolytes Made Incredibly Easy!

by Laura Willis MSN, APRN, FNP-C, DNPs

Overview

Fluids & Electrolytes Made Incredibly Easy!®, 8th Edition, is your quick-reference guide to success in understanding fluids and electrolytes at every stage of your nursing career—in class, on the unit, as you prepare for the NCLEX®, and whenever you need a refresher.
 
This irreplaceable resource is written in the enjoyable Incredibly Easy® style, making must-have information approachable and entertaining while clarifying real-world applications. Step-by-step directions boost your confidence in balancing fluids and electrolytes, understanding fluid imbalances and the disorders that cause them, treating imbalances, and more. Helpful tips throughout reinforce key concepts, provide important care reminders, and strengthen your problem-solving and patient teaching capabilities.
 
This 8th Edition is thoroughly updated with the latest insights and practices to ready you for success in today’s nursing practice and beyond.  

FEATURES

• Updated content throughout keeps you current with the latest fluid and electrolyte nursing practices, common fluid imbalances and disorders you’ll encounter in practice, the effect of COVID-19 on fluid and electrolyte balances, and more.
• Colorful drawings, charts, and diagrams clarify important content in vivid detail.
• Memory Jogger reminders enhance your recall and understanding of difficult concepts. 
• CAUTION! alerts help you quickly recognize dangerous signs and symptoms.  
• It’s Not Working sections highlight alternative interventions to address unexpected patient outcomes.
• Chart Smart lists familiarize you with critical documentation elements and help you avoid legal trouble. 
• Teaching Points offer patient-teaching tips you can use to help patients prevent recurrence of problems.
• Ages and Stages alert you to common fluid and electrolyte issues in young patients and older adults.
• That’s a Wrap! summaries reinforce key chapter takeaways at a glance.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781975209315
Publisher:	LWW
Publication date:	06/15/2023
Series:	Incredibly Easy! Series®
Edition description:	Eighth, North American Edition
Pages:	416
Sales rank:	455,765
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Part I: Balancing basics
Ch 1: Balancing fluids
Ch 2: Balancing electrolytes
Ch 3: Balancing acids and bases

Part II: Fluid and electrolyte imbalances
Ch 4: When fluids tip the balance
Ch 5: When sodium tips the balance
Ch 6: When potassium tips the balance
Ch 7: When magnesium tips the balance
Ch 8: When calcium tips the balance
Ch 9: When phosphorus tips the balance
Ch 10: When chloride tips the balance
Ch 11: When acids and bases tip the balance

Part III: Disorders that cause imbalances
Ch 12: Heat syndromes
Ch 13: Heart failure
Ch 14: Respiratory failure
Ch 15: Excessive GI fluid loss
Ch 16: Acute pancreatitis
Ch 17: Renal failure
Ch 18: Burns

Part IV: Treating imbalances
Ch 19: I.V. fluid replacement
Ch 20: Total parenteral nutrition

Appendices
Common fluid and electrolyte imbalances in pediatric patients
Common fluid and electrolyte balances in elderly patients
Transfusing blood and selected components
Practice makes perfect
Glossary
Selected references

Index