Manual of Admitting Orders and Therapeutics

By Eric B. Larson and W. Conrad Liles Jr.

Book Overview

The fourth edition of this step-by-step manual will teach you how to write clear, complete and easy-to-follow admitting orders. It discusses the components of a 'perfect' admitting order and explains the importance of each element. You are provided with samples of admitting orders for over 70 common medical conditions. The final section offers helpful prescribing information on over 500 drugs, divided into categories to help you locate a drug quickly and easily. The perfect companion to any medical text, Manual of Admitting Orders and Therapeutics, 4th Edition takes a systematic approach to the process of writing admitting disorders and succeeds. By offering such clear guidelines, this book helps you to complete admitting disorders more quickly but also helps you to eliminate confusion in patient care and improve staff efficiency.Sample orders include a rationale for each entry demonstrating its purposeA section on therapeutic agents serves as a convenient, up-to-date source of information when writing medication ordersThe principles illustrated by the sample admitting orders are applicable to all aspects of medical order writing, including revisions of original orders and verbal ordersContains the latest information about medical order writing and related drugs and proceduresNew orders for AIDS, unstable angina, myocardial infarction and others are included to reflect the latest developments in medical treatmentsNew diagnoses have been added to reflect changing patterns in the illnesses most commonly encountered

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0721687423
• ISBN13: 9780721687421
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Saunders
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 5.3" x 0.5"

Customer Reviews

Manual of Admitting orders

It became my handbook for admissions. I wish this book was expanded to include more problems in different ages of patients.

Manual of Admitting Orders and Therpapeutics

Of great help as I started my residency, especially on late nights when you are afraid you might have missed an order. This book gives you all the things you need to order when doing an admission on topics from MI to GI bleed to Meningitis, Seizures and many more. It does it in the "ADVANDISML" style with explanations for each order on the side. Also orders for the most common proceedures such as Swan-Ganz, Thoracentesis, and chest tubes to name a few. Has common drugs formulary as well. I have not used this book as much as I did during first year, but I was glad to have it then. I recommend it!