Research Catalog

Title

Emergency nursing : with certification preparation and review / Nedell E. Lanros, Janet M. Barber.

Author

Lanros, Nedell E., 1924-

Publication

Stamford, Conn. : Appleton & Lange, c1997.

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Details

Additional Authors

Barber, Janet Miller.

Description

xi, 692 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Subject

• Critical Care
• Emergency Nursing
• Emergency Service, Hospital
• Emergency nursing > Examinations, questions, etc
• Emergency nursing

Genre/Form

• Examination Question.
• Nurses Instruction.

Note

• Rev. ed. of: Assessment & intervention in emergency nursing. 3rd ed. c1988.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• I. Assessment and Triage. 1. Triage. 2. The Emergency Nurse and Flight Transportation. 3. Patient Assessment and Vital Signs. 4. Adjuncts to Physical Assessment. 5. Nursing History and the Interview. 6. Altered States of Consciousness: Assessment and Management. 7. Pain Control and Conscious Sedation. 8. Spinal Cord Assessment. 9. Chest Assessment -- II. Life Support Resuscitation. 10. Airway Management. 11. Shock States and Fluid Resuscitation -- III. Trauma. 12. Major Trauma. 13. Head, Neck, and Maxillofacial Injuries. 14. Chest Trauma. 15. Abdominal and Genitourinary Trauma. 16. Musculoskeletal Injuries. 17. Surface Trauma. 18. Special Considerations in Trauma: Pediatric and Geriatric Patients. 19. Medical Complications of Trauma -- IV. Medical Emergencies. 20. Headaches, Seizures, and Encephalopathies. 21. Eye, Ear, Nose, and Threat Emergencies. 22. Pulmonary and Respiratory Emergencies. 23. Cardiovascular Emergencies.
• 24. Hematological Emergencies. 25. Allergies and Immune Responses. 26. Abdominal and Gastrointestinal Emergencies. 27. Genitourinary Emergencies and Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 28. Obstetric and Gynecologic Emergencies. 29. Medical Emergencies of Childhood. 30. Metabolic Emergencies. 31. Substance Abuse and Toxicology. 32. Burns and Environmental Emergencies. 33. Psychiatric and Behavioral Emergencies -- V. Emergency Department Management and Professional Issues. 34. Legal and Forensic Considerations. 35. Communication and Disaster Management. 36. Emergency Department Management. App. A. Arterial Blood Gasses -- App. B. Glossary of Abbreviations -- App. C. Organ and Tissue Donor Criteria -- Review Questions for Certification in Emergency Nursing.

ISBN

083850437X (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

97000456

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries