Book Details

Part One: Clinical Foundations

1. Nursing Assessment and Resuscitation
2. Triage
3. Abuse and Neglect
4. Complementary/Alternative Therapies
5. Palliative and End of Life Care
6. Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring
7. Organ and Tissue Donation
8. Pain Management
9. Isolation and Personal Protective Equipment
10. Children with Special Health Needs (CSHN)

Part Two: Clinical Emergencies

11. Abdominal Emergencies
12. Cardiovascular Emergencies
13. Dental, Ear, Nose, and Throat Emergencies
14. Endocrine Emergencies
15. Environmental Emergencies
16. Facial and Ocular Emergencies
17. Fluid and Electrolyte Abnormalities
18. Genitourinary Emergencies
19. Hematologic/Oncologic Emergencies
20. Communicable and Infectious Disease Emergencies
21. Medical Emergencies
22. Neurologic Emergencies
23. Obstetric and Gynecologic Emergencies
24. Orthopedic Emergencies
25. Pre-and Post-Transplant Emergencies
26. Toxicologic Emergencies
27. Psychiatric/Psychosocial Emergencies
28. Respiratory Emergencies
29. Shock Emergencies
30. Wounds and Wound Management

Part Three: Trauma Emergencies

31. Mechanism of Injury
32. Nursing Assessment and Trauma Resuscitation
33. Abdominal and Urologic Trauma
34. Burn Trauma
35. Neurologic Trauma
36. Ocular and Maxillofacial Trauma
37. Obstetric Trauma
38. Orthopedic Trauma
39. Thoracic Trauma
40. Sexual Assault

Part Four: Professional Components

41. Disaster Preparedness and Response
42. Education; Professional, Patient, and Community
43. Emergency Patient Transfer and Transport
44. Forensic Aspects of Emergency Nursing
45. Legal and Regulatory Issues
46. Professionalism and Leadership
47. Research and Evidence-Based Practice
48. Violence in the Emergency Care Setting

Appendices
A. Coma Scales
B. Age-Specific Vital Signs
C. Infant Pain Scales
D. Revised Trauma Score