How to become a supernurse;  a new book for student nurses

                  FLIT ON, CHEERING ANGEL

is a new book for student nurses and new graduates.  It contains a ton of things which you are most likely not going to be taught in school. There are some things in the book which even experienced nurses do not know.

The book contains close to 1,600 medical abbreviations,acronyms, symbols and mnemonic devices.  The main abbreviation list is at the back of the book, on peach colored pages. It is followed by another list of abbreviations.  Well, actually the same list, on yellow pages, but the yellow list is broken down into several specialty areas;  patient assessment and interview,  patient administration, optometry/opthomolgy, orthopædics and physical therapy, dentistry, mental health, cardiac/circulatory, general surgery, ENT & audiology, OB/Gyn and Urology/Nephrology.

There is a short list of two-letter abbreviations which we hope will save you a lot of time.

Also a list of abbreviations which are too dangerous to use, since they can easily be misinterpreted. 

Latin abbreviations, spelled out in Latin and in English

A Latin glossary 

An explanation of Roman numerals, how to use them, and a few examples 

The "TEN" code used by emergency services, with three phonetic alphabets

An explanation of military time (24 hour clock) It is a lot easier to understand than most people think it is.

Some common charting mistakes which we hope you will avoid 

A list of X-rays which cover almost all orthopedic problems

How to use a cast cutter safely and without being afraid of it

Looking for other things while you are doing vital signs

A basic leadership course       Leaders are made, not born 

More tables of weights and measures than you will probably ever need or use, but they have been included because we have needed them badly and had a hard time finding them.

Conversion tables 

Some cautions about looking for a job far from home and then maybe deciding not to go there 

Lots of nursing hints: making injections less painful, full moon, licorice and blood pressure, duct tape for plantar warts, domestic violence and what to look for in choosing a mate, code blue, strokes,  amnesia following an auto accident, just to name a few.

Even some Murphy's Laws for Nurses 

 The book consists of sixty two pages which are notebook-size (eight and a half by eleven inches, equivalent to more than twice as many pages in a 5" by 7" book) on 70 pound paper, in a plastic ring binder. It will last a long time if treated reasonably well. There are no pictures or graphics; just a lot of print.

       The books are $7.95 each, but we have to charge 48¢ Indiana sales tax whether you live in Indiana or someplace else, + $3.00 for shipping first class and handling.  (Postal rates have just increased and we have to charge state income tax for out-of-state people as well as Indiana residents.)

        That adds up to $11.43, which is about the same price as three cups of gourmet coffee.  

        Us old guys can remember when coffee was 5¢ a cup and it tasted better.

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