Minidictionary for Nurses, 6th Revised edition--------------------------------------------------The sixth edition of this best-selling and trusted dictionary has beenfully updated and revised to take account of recent developments innursing practice and related fields. Updates cover the fields of generalnursing, statistics, common scales and indexes, religion and spirituality,and commonly used abbreviations. Fully revised, this dictionary providescomprehensive coverage of the ever-expanding vocabulary of the nursingprofessions. In addition to specifically nursing terms, there are manyentries in the fields of medicine, anatomy, physiology, psychiatry,nutrition, and pharmacology (including new drugs recently introducedinto medical practice). Over 10,000 clear and concise entries, allwritten by medical and nursing specialists, cover the theory and practiceof nursing. 100 helpful illustrations and 15 appendices covering nutritionalrequirements, reference values for biochemical and haematological data,interpretation of body mass index, and much more, make this an invaluablereference tool for all nursing students and professionals. It is alsosmall enough to be portable and bound in durable flexicovers.