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Emergency Nursing

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  • Category: Emergency Nursing
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Learning Objectives

After completing this course you’ll be able to:

  1. You’ll be able to apply critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning to emergency situations, some seemingly minor complaints, other obviously life threatening.
  2. You’ll study 32 cases representing high-risk situations that may be encountered in any ED.
  3. You’ll be able to “think” through major considerations for each patient type and determine a possible course of action at the triage.
  4. You’ll be able to identify symptoms and symbols and learn medical management of the patient outcome.
  5. You’ll determine appropriate nursing intervention and assist the physician in emergency treatment.

Course Contents

For Both New and Experienced Emergency Care Providers…

Critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning are skills essential to emergency professionals. Patients present with myriad symptoms — some seemingly minor complaints, others obviously life threatening. It is the responsibility of pre-hospital providers and emergency department triage personnel to analyze these clusters of symptoms and to formulate an immediate plan of care to optimize the outcome.

Case Studies in Emergency Nursing shows how to “think through” the major considerations for each patient presentation. Among the features you’ll find:

  • 32 cases representing high risk situations that may be encountered in any ED
  • 22 contributors selected for their experience in emergency care and diagnostic reasoning
  • organization by body systems with special sections on social, emotional, and health management problems
  • cases on child and elder abuse, non-compliance, AIDS, and chemical dependency
  • a framework for triage based on clusters of complaints, signs and symptoms by health system, nursing care management and related nursing diagnoses

Table of Contents

Preface

Contributors

Introduction

  1. Neurological-Cerebral and Cognitive Health Systems
  2. Cardiovascular Health System
  3. Respiratory Health System
  4. Gastrointestinal-Genitourinary (Elimination) and Nutrition Health Systems
  5. Structural Health System
  6. Reproductive Health System
  7. Sensory Health System
  8. Social Health System
  9. Emotional Health System
  10. Health Management System

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