Book description
Providing comprehensive coverage of the ever-expanding vocabulary of the nursing professions, this extremely popular dictionary combines authority with accessibility A must-have for all nurses, students of nursing, medical practitioners and professionals including midwives and health visitors.
– Over 10,000 entries written by medical and nursing specialists
– Simple pronunciation guide
– Many entries in the the nursing-related fields of medicine, surgery, anatomy and physiology, psychiatry, nutrition, and pharmacology, including new drugs recently introduced into medical practice)
– 100 helpful illustrations and tables
– 12 appendices including reference values for biochemical and haematological data, standard values for body weight, an immunization schedule, nutritional requirements, and the nursing code of conduct