Emergency Nursing Secrets


Book Description

Part of the nursing Secrets Series(R), Emergency Nursing Secrets, 2nd Edition is written in a question-and-answer format, providing concise information in an easy-to-use layout. This comprehensive resource is designed for both new and experienced emergency nurses and provides a wealth of helpful "pearls" or "secrets" of practice. Logically organized for quick access to key information, this book is divided into four main sections: Practice Topics, Chief Complaints, Trauma Care, and Special Populations. Written by experts in the field of emergency nursing The 100 Top Secrets are listed in the front of book for quick reference Key Points boxes in each chapter outline important information for at-a-glance access Internet Resources boxes offer readers additional information via the Internet Four new chapters on Resuscitation Issues, Endocrine Emergencies, Hematologic Emergencies, and Drug and Alcohol Impaired Patients Expanded coverage of bioterrorism and weapons of mass destruction in the Emergency Preparedness chapter




Triage Nursing Secrets


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Part of the Nursing Secrets Series ® and written in a question & answer format, Triage Nursing Secrets begins with an overview of triage nursing and moves to a significant section on symptoms and a final section on issues and competencies. This practical resource is a collection of pearls of wisdom and tricks of the trade to aid effective nurse triage decisions. Content includes guiding principles, objective criteria, mnemonics/memory aids, discriminators, determinants from standardized triage systems and differences between the typical presentation of men vs. women in various conditions including stroke, chest pain, and domestic violence. Written by experts in the field of triage nursing for the most authoritative information. Key Points boxes emphasize the most important material in each chapter. Internet Resources in appropriate chapters provide sources for further studying and reference. Mnemonics/memory aids help readers remember important concepts. "Top Secrets" of triage nursing are included in the front matter for quick reference. Topical chapters are included on disaster and terrorism issues, as well as the always-changing regulatory issues in triage nursing. Engaging, straightforward Question-and-Answer format makes it easy to look up needed facts and information in any setting. Visually appealing two-color design makes material accessible and reader-friendly.




Trauma Nursing Secrets


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Focused and concise, this book provides trauma nurses with all the essential, need-to-know information for this specialty -- from injury prevention through rehabilitation, from pediatrics to geriatrics, from head trauma to musculoskeletal trauma, and from bioterrorism to forensics. The question-and-answer format and informal tone make the text enjoyable as well as useful.




Emergency Nursing Secrets


Book Description

Using the popular question-and-answer format of The Secrets Series, this helpful resource offers practical tips, answers, and secrets from expert emergency nurses. Chapters include concepts that inform emergency nursing practice, including patient advocacy, family involvement, collaborative practice, patient teaching, ethical decision- making, and evidence-based practice. The nuts and bolts of emergency nursing are addressed in 35 chapters on topics such as triage, disaster management, abdominal pain, respiratory distress, shock, spinal cord injury, and burnsto name just a few. From caring for a woman who suffers a miscarriage to balancing the competing priorities during trauma resuscitation to making changes that better the plight of the undeserved, these nurses have captured the knowledge, enthusiasm, and heart of what emergency nursing is all about. Follows the question-and-answer format of The Secrets Series Serves as a useful resource for practicing emergency nurses and students




Pediatric Emergency Medicine Secrets


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Presents essential knowledge on pediatric emergency medicine in the practical and engaging question-and-answer format of this series. Up to date new chapters cover the technologically-assisted child in the emergency department, sports-related injuries, emergency medical services for children, and patient safety in the emergency department.




The Nurses


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A New York Times bestseller. “A funny, intimate, and often jaw-dropping account of life behind the scenes.”—People Nurses is the compelling story of the year in the life of four nurses, and the drama, unsung heroism, and unique sisterhood of nursing—one of the world’s most important professions (nurses save lives every day), and one of the world’s most dangerous, filled with violence, trauma, and PTSD. In following four nurses, Alexandra Robbins creates sympathetic characters while diving deep into their world of controlled chaos. It’s a world of hazing—“nurses eat their young.” Sex—not exactly like on TV, but surprising just the same. Drug abuse—disproportionately a problem among the best and the brightest, and a constant temptation. And bullying—by peers, by patients, by hospital bureaucrats, and especially by doctors, an epidemic described as lurking in the “shadowy, dark corners of our profession.” The result is a page-turning, shocking look at our health-care system.




ER Nurses


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In this extraordinary work of non-fiction, we hear the unforgettable stories of everyday heroes who look after our families, our friends and ourselves in the most challenging circumstances imaginable. ______________________________ When we're at our worst, nurses are at their best. Around the clock, highly skilled and compassionate men and women sacrifice and struggle for us and our loved ones. You have never heard their true stories. Not like this. From big-city and small-town hospitals. These are stories told from the heart. This book will make you laugh, make you cry, and make you understand the importance of the work they do. ______________________________ Praise for ER Nurses 'James Patterson's account of the twilight world between life and death that nurses inhabit is one of the most moving things I have ever read.' Sebastian Junger 'The compassion, the work ethic, and the selflessness of nurses . . . are given the respect they deserve and captured beautifully.' Sanjay Gupta, MD




Emergency Nursing Care


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This comprehensive textbook is aimed at both the qualified or trainee nurse in accident and emergency care.




Medical Secrets


Book Description

For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series® has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. Medical Secrets, 6th Edition, features the Secrets’ popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, pearls, memory aids, and an easy-to-read style – making inquiry, reference, and review quick, easy, and enjoyable. The proven Secrets Series® format gives you the most return for your time – succinct, easy to read, engaging, and highly effective. Coverage includes the full range of essential topics in medicine for in-training and practicing professionals, authored by a diverse range of teachers and clinicians who cover both medical and ethical issues. Fully revised and updated throughout, including protocols and guidelines that are continuously evolving and that increasingly dictate best practices. Top 100 Secrets and Key Points boxes provide a fast overview of the secrets you must know for success in practice and on exams.




Emergency Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!


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Completely revised and updated to reflect the latest guidelines and innovation, Emergency Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!, Second Edition, offers essential information on emergency, trauma, and critical care. Presented in the easy-to-learn and enjoyable Incredibly Easy! format, it covers emergency care basics, including patient assessment and triage, trauma, disease crises, and patient and family communication. It also addresses legal issues such as handling evidence and documentation, and holistic issues such as pain and end-of-life care. Chapters detail emergency nursing by body system and cover shock, multi-system traumas, environmental emergencies, disaster preparedness, communicable diseases, and obstetric and pediatric emergencies. The presentation features light-hearted cartoons and humor, "Memory Joggers" and other icons, and end-of-chapter review questions.