* Pocket sized guide provides succinct, on-the-spot guidance for complex medical-surgical conditions!
* Covers advanced nursing procedures and concepts associated with 65 urgent clinical situations presented from the nurse's point of view.
* Features an enhanced tab structure, assessment how-to's, delegation and critical thinking guides.
* Expanded coverage of pain management and emergencies.
* Flip chart format providing space for recording frequent vital signs, serial lab values, stat meds, and interventions.
* Uses a systems approach and is organized by symptom and medical diagnosis.
* Second edition.