Nursing students and novice nurses expect their work place to resemble what they were taught in school. Nursing schools have provided students with an excellent knowledge base and the beginning of critical thinking. The NURSE RESOURCE GUIDE, A Quick Reference for the Bedside Nurse, provides an "in the trenches" support for patient assessment, critical thinking and procedural recommendations. This is what every new and returning nurse needs to have handy when working at the bedside. Patients, family members, physicians and your peers need to know nurses provide safe quality patient care. The NURSE RESOURCE GUIDE, A Quick Reference for the Bedside Nurse, is a valuable tool to help you develop the framework of your quality nursing care. The acute care setting in this day and age is so fast paced, and the patient population is so acutely ill, it requires the quick and accurate assessment and correct interventions to provide best quality care and outcomes for your patients. The hardest part of becoming a well-rounded nurse is learning to critically think. The ability to know what is essential in each patient's care requires nurses to have vital information at their fingertips allowing them to recognize significant changes in the patient's condition. The NURSE RESOURCE GUIDE, A Quick Reference for the Bedside Nurse, will help you to develop and advance your assessment skills in providing safe quality patient care to create excellence.