Book by Rogers, Sherry A.

    Using a fun and easy-to-understand writing style, this updated new edition uses humor, cartoons, and personal stories to walk you through the entire ECG process: from finding a heartbeat, to monitoring an electrocardiogram, to interpreting the heart rhythm. A unique "Flip and See" section allows you to view normal ECGs on one side of the page and abnormal ECGs on the other, along with concise text that clearly explains the differences between them. Plus, the completely redesigned Cohn's Pocket Guide for ECG Interpretation aids both students and practitioners in rhythm interpretation.

    Organized within the framework of the nursing process, this comprehensive clinical reference provides complete information on the assessment, pathophysiology, management, and prevention of heart diseases and details the rationale and evidence for interventions.This edition has seven brand-new chapters on inflammation, atherosclerosis, genetics, heart rate variability, complementary and alternative medicine, disease management models, and nuclear and other scans. Boxes of evidence-based content have been added within chapters where appropriate.

    Organized alphabetically, Mosby's Drug Guide for Nurses, 7th Edition includes detailed coverage of IV drugs, interactions between drugs, and more. A color drug administration guide illustrates drug administration procedures for drugs given intravenously and intramuscularly. Colorful illustrations show how drugs work at the cellular level. Each copy also includes a CD-ROM that contains drug information on the most commonly prescribed medications in printable format, calculation tutorial, NCLEX examination-format questions for 65 drugs nursing students are most likely to administer in clinicals, drug card creator, calculation tutorial, and more. A companion website includes quarterly drug updates, FDA alerts, WebLinks, patient teaching guides, English-to-Spanish translations, and more.