Book Info
Edition:
First
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
PDA Developer: USBMIS, Inc.
Authors:
Marianne Chulay,
Suzanne M. Burns
The Essentials of Critical Care Nursing Pocket Handbook is a concise, quick-access handbook containing essential information for critical care and progressive care settings. It was designed to provide busy clinicians with an easy-to-use resource and includes the items that clinicians are most likely to need at their fingertips.
The Essentials of Critical Care Nursing PDA application, powered by USBMIS, is available for both the Palm and PocketPC platforms. The PDA edition contains all of the same trusted information as the original pocket handbook plus exclusive USBMIS features for ease and convenience.
Features include:
- Decision Tool: Algorithm for Managing Ventilator Alarms and/or Acute Respiratory Distress
- IV Infusion Rate Calculator
- Bookmarks allow for easy retrieval of frequently-used information
- Notes feature means no more folding down the pages in your book
Content Includes Sections:
- Cardiac rhythms, ECG characteristics, sample rhythm strips, and treatment guides
- Admission and shift assessment guides
- Critical care drug information
- Advanced cardiac life support algorithms
- Troubleshooting guides for hemodynamic monitoring and management of ventilator alarms
- Assessment tools for weaning from mechanical ventilation
- ICP monitoring setup and waveforms
- Delirium assessment tools
- Intra-aortic balloon pump waveforms
- Evidence-based treatment guides based on AACN Protocols for Practice and national guidelines
- Guidelines for intra- and Inter-hospital transport (monitoring, equipment, personnel)
Includes a 12 Month Subscription of Automatic Updates:
A 12 month Subscription entitles you to 12 months of automatic content and application updates. When the program is installed to your PDA, simply synchronize your PDA with your computer while connected to the internet to receive the latest updates. You can still use the application after the 12 month subscription expires, but you will no longer receive updates.
PC requirements:
- Windows 98/NT/2000/XP with 128MB Ram and 14MB for Palm/ 91MB for PPC on hard drive
- Palm Desktop 4.1.4 or greater (if using Palm)
- Microsoft ActiveSync 3.5 or greater (if using PocketPC)
Palm PDA requirements:
- Palm OS 3.5.3 or greater
- 6.1MB of available memory ( additional main memory may be needed when installed to memory card* )
PocketPC PDA requirements:
- Windows CE 3.0/Windows Mobile 2000 or greater
- Up to 26.5MB of available memory
- Only devices with touch screens are supported
*all VFS compliant memory cards and memory sticks are compatible