| Description |
xxii, 745 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
Foundations of emergency nursing -- Emergency nursing : a historical perspective -- Emergency nursing practice -- Legal and regulatory constructs -- Approaching diversity -- Professional practice -- Evidence-based practice -- Research -- Clinical foundations of emergency nursing -- Triage -- Patient assessment -- Air and surface patient transport -- Vascular access and fluid replacement -- Wound management -- Pain -- Family presence during resuscitation -- Organ and tissue donation -- Palliative and end-of-life care in the emergency department -- Forensic nursing in the emergency department -- Emergency preparedness -- Nuclear, biologic, and chemical agents of mass destruction -- Management of the critical care patient in the emergency department -- Major trauma emergencies -- Epidemiology and mechanisms of injury -- Head trauma -- Spinal trauma -- Thoracic trauma -- Abdominal and genitourinary trauma -- Orthopedic and neurovascular trauma -- Burns -- Maxillofacial trauma -- Pediatric trauma -- Obstetric trauma -- Medical and surgical emergencies -- Respiratory emergencies -- Cardiovascular emergencies -- Shock emergencies -- Neurologic emergencies -- Gastrointestinal emergencies -- Renal and genitourinary emergencies -- Fluids and electrolytes -- Endocrine emergencies -- Communicable diseases -- Influenza: seasonal, avian, and pandemic -- Environmental emergencies -- Hematologic and oncologic emergencies -- Toxicologic emergencies -- Gynecologic emergencies -- Dental, ear, nose, throat, and facial emergencies -- Ocular emergencies -- Special patient populations -- Obstetric emergencies -- Pediatric emergencies -- Child abuse and neglect -- Intimate partner violence -- Elder abuse and neglect -- Behavioral health emergencies -- Substance abuse -- Sexual assault |
| Notes |
"ENA, Emergency Nurses Association." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Emergency nursing.
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Emergency Nursing.
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| Author |
Howard, Patricia Kunz.
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Steinmann, Rebecca A.
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Sheehy, Susan Budassi, 1948-
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Emergency Nurses Association.
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| ISBN |
9780323055857 paperback |
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0323055850 paperback |
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