Confidently face everyday nursing challenges with
Lippincott® Nursing Pocket Cards . Let these popular cards keep you informed and accurate, offering quick reference on a wide range of issues at the bedside, from administering IV fluids, infection control, and hemodynamic monitoring to treating pneumonia, sepsis, heart failure and more.
These quick-read pocket cards provide both new and experienced nurses the vital reminders needed to provide safe, effective care.
Stay sharp and accurate with this on-the-spot reference tool: - Boxed set of 35 long-lasting, laminated, 5” x 7” pocket cards
- Two-sided, keep-it-handy size cards that are made for quick reference , with need-to-know information that supports effective decision-making
- Cards offer definitions, care essentials, analyses, and interventions for areas such as:
- Cardiac nursing – Hemodynamics, myocardial infarction, heart failure, heart failure management
- Critical care nursing – Arterial blood gas (ABG) analysis, mechanical ventilation settings and basic modes, caring for the mechanically ventilated patient, pneumonia, sepsis
- Dermatology nursing – The ABDCEs of melanoma
- Endocrinology and diabetes – Inpatient diabetes care management, acute complications of diabetes, discharge planning for diabetics, thyroid disorders
- Gerontology – Differentiate delirium, dementia, and depression
- Infection control/ID – Key facts about influenza, sexually transmitted infections
- Infusion nursing – Complications of peripheral IV therapy and central IV therapy: preventing central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI), IV fluids
- Medical-surgical nursing – Fluids and electrolytes, isolation precautions, calculations
- Neurology – Cranial nerves, stroke, alteplase injection for acute ischemic stroke
- Nutrition – Parenteral nutrition
- Wound care/ostomy/continence – Pressure injuries, negative pressure wound therapy, incontinence, ostomy care
Cards clarify difficult to understand pathophysiology such as the difference between syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH) and diabetes insipidus (DI), or between hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism - Created for nurses, by nurses , to simplify challenging concepts
About the Clinical Editor Lisa Morris Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, is Senior Clinical Editor for Lippincott NursingCenter.com in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Lippincott Nursing Pocket Cards List
Cardiac Nursing Hemodynamic Monitoring
Myocardial Infarction
Assessment and Diagnosis of Heart Failure
Heart Failure: Guideline-Directed Management and Therapy
Critical Care Nursing Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) Analysis
Mechanical Ventilation Settings and Basic Modes
Caring for the Mechanically Ventilated Patient
Take5: Pneumonia in the Adult
Recognizing and Managing Sepsis
Dermatology Nursing Melanoma
Endocrinology & Diabetes Managing Diabetes in the Hospital Setting
Managing Acute Diabetic Complications
Discharge Planning for Patients with Diabetes Mellitus
Understanding Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone and Diabetes Insipidus
Understanding Hypothyroidism and Hyperthyroidism
Thyroid Emergencies
Gerontology Differentiating Delirium, Dementia, and Depression
Infection Control/ID Recognizing and Managing Influenza
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Infusion Nursing Complications of Peripheral Intravenous Therapy
Complications of Central Vascular Access Devices
Preventing and Managing Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections
IV Fluids
Medical-Surgical Nursing Quick Guide to Laboratory Values
Isolation Precautions
Nursing Documentation
Common Calculations
Neurology Cranial Nerves
Assessment and Management of Stroke
Alteplase Injection for Acute Ischemic Stroke
Nutrition Parenteral Nutrition (PN)
Wound, Ostomy, Continence Pressure Injury Assessment and Management
Guide to Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
Urinary Incontinence
Ostomy Management