TY - BOOK AU - Hoyt, K. Sue AU - Selfridge-Thomas, Judy ED - Emergency Nurses Association TI - Emergency nursing: core curriculum.: Edited by K. Sue Hoyt and judy Selfridge-Thomas SN - 9781416037552 AV - RT120.E4.E53 PY - 2007/// CY - St Louis, Missouri PB - Saunders/Emergency Nurses Association KW - Emergency nursing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc N1 - Includes index; Contents: Clinical Foundation1. Nursing Assessment and Resuscitation2. Triage3. Abuse and Neglect/Sexual Assault4. Complementary /Alternative Therapies5. Cultural Dimensions6. End-of-Life Issues in the Emergency Department7. Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring8. Organ and Tissue Donation and Post-Transplantation Emergencies9. Pain Management Clinical Emergencies 10. Abdominal Emergencies11. Cardiovascular Emergencies12. Dental, Ear, Nose, and Throat Emergencies13. Endocrine Emergencies14. Environmental Emergencies15. Facial Emergencies16. Fluid and Electrolyte Abnormalities17. Genitourinary Emergencies18. Hematologic/Oncologic Emergencies19. Communicable and Infectious Disease Emergencies20. Medical Emergencies21. Neurologic Emergencies22. Obstetric and Gynecologic Emergencies23. Ocular Emergencies24. Orthopedic Emergencies25. Toxicologic Emergencies26. Psychiatric/Psychosocial Emergencies27. Respiratory Emergencies28. Shock Emergencies29. Wounds and Wound Management Trauma Emergencies30. Mechanism of Injury31. Nursing Assessment and Trauma Resuscitation32. Abdominal and Urologic Trauma33. Burn Trauma34. Neurologic Trauma35. Ocular and Maxillofacial Trauma36. Obstetric Trauma37. Orthopedic Trauma 38. Thoracic Trauma Professional Components39. Disaster Preparedness and Response40. Weapons of Mass Destruction41. Education: Professional, Patient, and Community42. Emergency Patient Transfer and Transport43. Forensic Nursing Practice44. Legal and Regulatory Issues45. Professionalism and Leadership46. Research and Evidenced-Based Practice Appendices NANDA-Approved Nursing Diagnoses Evaluations and Outcomes Correlated with Current Nursing Diagnoses Coma Scales Age-Specific Vital Signs Infant Pain Scales Trauma Score N2 - Whether you are a new or an experienced emergency nurse, this title offers an essential tool for your practice. It helps you build and verify your knowledge, develop practice standards, improve quality of care, and educate nursing staff as well as patients and families. It also helps you prepare for the Certification for Emergency Nurses exam ER -