A Davis's Notes BookThis pocket-sized, quick reference is your go-to guide for the precise, yet comprehensive concepts, skills, and procedures you need to care for adult patients safely and effectively. Completely revised and updated, you’ll find even more of what you need at a moment’s notice, including coverage of rebreathing masks, cardiac surgeries, traumatic brain and head injuries, MRSA prevention and treatment guidelines, and much more! Write-on, wipe-off, reusable pages make it easy to take notes in any setting!

Quick-reference coverage of must-know concepts, skills, and procedures to ensure safe patient care
Consistent presentation by body system of 95 commonly encountered diseases/conditions
Definition of Disease or Condition
Underlying Pathophysiology
Clinical Presentation (Signs/Symptoms)
Diagnostic Tests and Arrhythmia Strips (where applicable)
Management of Clinical Condition
Information on 40 medications specific to Critical Care
Coverage of multiple system failure, trauma, and burns
Handy tools, including a guide to abbreviations • ECG record • form for phone numbers/community resources • Spanish and non-verbal communication tools • and index for quick reference
Write-on, wipe-off, reusable pages with colour illustrations


New to this edition:
Updated & Revised! Thoroughly updated and revised throughout to reflect the art and the science of critical care nursing, including the latest evidence-based guidelines, management practices, and medications
New & Expanded! ICU-specific coverage of Covid and RSV in adult patients, early mobility and its advantages, PTSD, family presence, and palliative care
Revised! Streamlined presentation of content, including headings for Critical Care Standard of Care and Post-Operative Standard of Care
Updated & Revised! One-page table of the most common lab tests with a column for entering an institution’s normal values and two columns for entering a patient’s values