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Sheehy's Emergency Nursing

Principles and Practice

Written by emergency nurses for emergency nurses, this comprehensive, evidence-based resource covers the issues and procedures that are often unique to the emergency department.… Leer más

Descripción

Written by emergency nurses for emergency nurses, this comprehensive, evidence-based resource covers the issues and procedures that are often unique to the emergency department. New developments and changes in clinical practice are incorporated throughout. The user-friendly format features more than 350 high-quality illustrations and 150 tables that highlight essential concepts and offer quick access to vital information. Key coverage includes clinical fundamentals, treatment for trauma and medical-surgical emergencies, the foundations of emergency nursing practice, and special populations.

Puntos claves

  • 58 contributors offer valuable insights from a broad range of clinical positions in rural, suburban, and urban areas.
  • High-quality radiographs and other diagnostic images help you learn to identify common conditions — especially head trauma, fractures, and dislocations.
  • Logically organized, chapters are grouped into six sections for quick access to important content: Foundations of Emergency Nursing, Professional Practice, Clinical Foundations of Emergency Nursing, Major Trauma Emergencies, Medical and Surgical Emergencies, and Special Patient Populations.
  • Tables and boxes highlight and summarize critical information for at-a-glance reference.
  • A separate unit on special patient populations covers topics such as child abuse, elder abuse, intimate partner violence, sexual assault, substance abuse and behavioral/pediatric/obstetrical emergencies.
  • Priority nursing diagnoses are highlighted in a quick-reference appendix to help you focus on the most serious problems.

Índice

Unit I: Foundations of Emergency Nursing


1. Emergency Nursing: An Historical Perspective


2. Emergency Nursing Practice


3. Legal and Regulatory Constructs


4. Cultural Dimensions


Unit II: Professional Practice


5. Evidence-Based Practice


6. Research


Unit III: Clinical Foundations of Emergency Nursing


7. Triage


8. Patient Assessment


9. Air and Surface Patient Transport


10. Vascular Access and Fluid Replacement


11. Wound Management


12. Pain


13. Family Presence During Resuscitation - NEW!


14. Organ and Tissue Donation


15. Palliative and End of Life in the Emergency Department


16. Forensic Nursing in the Emergency Department - NEW!


17. Emergency Operations Preparedness


18. Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Agents of Mass Destruction - NEW!


19. Management of the Critical Care Patient in the Emergency Department - NEW!


Unit IV: Major Trauma Emergencies


20. Epidemiology of Trauma


21. Head Trauma


22. Spinal Trauma


23. Thoracic Trauma


24. Abdominal and Genitourinary Trauma


25. Orthopedic and Neurovascular Trauma


26. Burns


27. Maxillofacial Trauma


28. Pediatric Trauma


29. Obstetric Trauma


Unit V: Medical and Surgical Emergencies


30. Respiratory Emergencies


31. Cardiovascular Emergencies


32. Shock Emergencies


33. Neurologic Emergencies


34. Gastrointestinal Emergencies


35. Renal and Genitourinary Emergencies


36. Fluids and Electrolytes


37. Endocrine Emergencies


38. Infections and Communicable Diseases


39. Influenza: Seasonal, Avian, and Pandemic - NEW!


40. Environmental Emergencies


41. Hematologic and Oncologic Emergencies


42. Toxicologic Emergencies


43. Gynecologic Emergencies


44. Dental, Ear, Nose, Throat, and Facial Emergencies


45. Ocular Emergencies


Unit VI: Special Patient Populations


46. Obstetric Emergencies


47. Pediatric Emergencies


48. Child Abuse and Neglect


49. Intimate Partner Violence


50. Elder Abuse and Neglect


51. Behavioral Health Emergencies


52. Substance Abuse


53. Sexual Assault

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