Pocket Reference

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Specializes in critical care.

Can anyone suggest a good commercal pocket referance for critical care? I am a former ICU nurse returning to Critical Care. I have been working in a prison mental health unit for 5 years.

I was used to being the high functioning, "super" ICU nurse, now I'm "rusty". I recently took a critical care course. I'm doing lots of reading. I need a good pocket "brain". I am making cards with formulas,drip dosages, lab refernce lists, but there must be a commercial product already available with thus information. i know relearning everything will take time and patience, but I'm working now.

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Specializes in Palliative Care, Hospice, Home Health.

I just purchased critical care nursing in a flash by springhouse. Here is the link on amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/Critical-Care-Nursing-Flash-Springhouse/dp/0781792843/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1231292883&sr=8-1 I have not received it yet, but it sounds like a good book for info and it was just published in 5/08. I can let you know when I received it how I like it. :wink2:

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If your're still looking- I have Emergency and Critical Care pocket guide by Derr and Tardiff as well as ICU/CCU Facts Incredibly Quick pocket guide by springhouse. Both are pretty good but the first one seems a little more comprehensive. Also the nice thing is you can write on these adn wipe off with alcohol.

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Specializes in Not too many areas I haven't dipped into.

I probably own about 100 of these so called fast facts kinds of books. I am so anal...lol

Anyway, my biggest problem with each adn every one of them is that only about 30 pages of each book is really pertinent to what I need and i wind up perpetually buying book after book.

I am starting to think that creating my own from bits and pieces of each book is the best route...but i still keeping looking for that PERFECT text

I like the Kathy White book but the pages are like tissue paper and the print is microscopic

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