• NEW and updated content on fluid-related concepts in easy-to-follow definitions
• Updated and revised content that offers clear definitions and on-the-job how-to’s
• Explains the science of fluid and electrolytes in clear and practical terms as they relate to patient care
• Patient care examples that include common fluids-related diagnoses, appropriate patient outcomes and the basis for each recommended treatment
• Easy-to-follow sections that offer practical insight and guidance on nursing skills:
  • Balancing basics – balancing fluids, electrolytes, and acids and bases
  • Fluid and electrolyte imbalances – imbalances in fluids, sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium, phosphorus, chloride, and acids and bases
  • Disorders that cause imbalances – including heat-related illnesses, heart failure, respiratory failure, excessive GI fluid loss, acute pancreatitis, renal failure and burns
  • Treating imbalances, including fluid losses and excesses – IV fluid replacement and total parenteral nutrition
  • Lists fluid and electrolyte imbalances commonly seen in pediatric and elderly patients
  • Guide to transfusing blood
• Special chapter features offer invaluable recaps and quick explanations:

• Just the facts – quick summary of content at the start of each chapter
• “Nurse Joy and Jake” – offer expert insights, important care reminders, and reassurance throughout
• Ages and stages – age-related changes and how they affect a patient’s health
• Teaching points – patient-teaching tips that help patients prevent recurrence of the problem
• That’s a wrap – quick end-of-chapter review of chapter content
• Memory jogger – memory aids that help you grasp and remember difficult concepts
• Quick quiz – end-of-chapter NCLEX®-style practice questions
• Practice Makes Perfect – end-of-book practice exam with 60 NCLEX®-style questions

• ISBN-10: 1975125061
• ISBN-13: 978-1975125066

Medical Ethics for the Boards, Third Edition

• Full-color interior design delivers content in a rousing, memorable style.
• Full-color art program illustrates concepts when a picture says it best.
• Complete coverage of high-yield topics ensures that students are test ready.
• Clinical Vignettes allow the reader to "file away" clinical medicine connections for handy retrieval at test time.
• Quick Hits in the margins highlight testable materials.
• Crunch Time Review identifies essential content to facilitate last-minute study.
• Drug and Bug Index enables quick reference.

• Prepare for the vignette-style of the USMLE with a case-based approach and abundant clinical context.
• Benefit from the most current overview of board-tested content from top USMLE review author Dr. Thomas Brown and his team of medical student reviewers.

• Target high-yield topics with top "Step 1 Secrets" in every chapter that efficiently steer you in the right direction as you study.
• Perform at your best on the exam with "Insiders Guide to?" study tips integrated in each chapter.
• Stay up to date with all-new chapters on Pathology (with full-color images), and ECG.
• Prepare for image-based questions with new color chapters and high-quality clinical images.
• Learn from the experience of new author Sonali Shah, an MD/PhD student and high performer on the actual exam.