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From classroom to practice—your own clinical coach by your side! This evidence-based guide gives you the knowledge of fluid and electrolyte balance you need to excel on exams and care for patients.

A focus on how theoretical concepts apply to clinical practice helps you master this challenging subject.

Bulleted lists and a wealth of practical text boxes put essential knowledge at your fingertips.  Succinct yet comprehensive, Clinical Coach for Fluid & Electrolyte Balance is an essential classroom tool and clinical reference.

• Helps you to prepare for exams, analyze case studies, write nursing plans, and deliver quality patient care.
• Enables you to manage fluid and electrolyte imbalances in almost every setting, from the community to intensive care.
• Examines the chemical and physiologic concepts you need to succeed in the classroom and practice.
• Features separate tabs for Basic Principles, Fluids, Electrolytes, Acids & Bases, and Disease Processes.
• Includes pediatric and geriatric considerations in each fluid and electrolyte imbalance chapter.
• Makes practical guidance easy to find with case examples and alerts as well as medical information, age-related information, evidence-based practice, and nurse-to-nurse communication boxes.
• Reinforces essential concepts with review questions after each Clinical Scenario and at the end of each chapter.
• Makes information easy to find with a spiral binding and handy thumb tabs.
• Provides guidance for how instructors can integrate this text into their curricula.

1. General Principles of Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance and Imbalance
2. Fluid Balance and Imbalance
3. Electrolyte Balance and Imbalance
1. Calcium
2. Chloride
3. Magnesium
4. Phosphorus
5. Potassium
6. Sodium
7. Essential Minerals
4. Acid-Base Balance and Imbalance
5. Common Disease Processes and Metabolic Disturbances Associated with Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Imbalances
6. Tools

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