Sheehy's Emergency Nursing: Principles and Practice

Description:

Written by emergency nurses for emergency nurses, Sheehy's Emergency Nursing: Principles and Practice, 7^th Edition covers the issues and procedures unique to the emergency department. This comprehensive, evidence-based resource is written by the Emergency Nurses Association and includes developments and changes in clinical practice that are incorporated throughout the text. Considered the go-to guide for issues and procedures unique to the emergency department, the user-friendly format features more than 150 high-quality illustrations and tables that highlight essential concepts and offer quick access to vital information. New to this edition is updated key coverage including clinical fundamentals, treatment for trauma and medical-surgical emergencies, the foundations of emergency nursing practice, special populations, and more!

Features:

• Written by the Emergency Nurses Association, ensuring this is the most accurate information on the market.
• Most comprehensive and authoritative text available on emergency nursing.
• Logically organized, chapters are grouped into six sections for quick access to important content: Foundations of Emergency Nursing, Professional Practice, Clinical Foundations of Emergency Nursing, Major Trauma Emergencies, Medical and Surgical Emergencies, and Special Patient Populations.
• Tables and boxes highlight and summarize critical and essential information, while 150 illustrations help you to quickly identify and treat frequently encountered conditions.
• A separate unit on special patient populations covers topics such as child abuse, elder abuse, intimate partner violence, sexual assault, substance abuse and behavioral/pediatric/obstetrical emergencies.

New To This Edition:

• NEW! Coverage includes the latest on topical issues such as ethics, workplace violence, and geriatric trauma.
• UPDATED pain guidelines feature the latest pain indicators.
• UPDATED sepsis guidelines provide essential information on pathophysiology and diagnosis, with valuable guidelines for managing these patients.
• NEW! Fully revised information on communicable diseases.
• UPDATED Information on non-narcotic use for treatment of pain and increasing rates of addiction.
• NEW! Discussion of transgender patients covers how to work with this unique population.
• NEW! Full color photo insert

Table Of Contents:

Unit I: Foundations of Emergency Nursing

1. Emergency Nursing Practice

2. Legal and Regulatory Considerations

3. Approaching Diversity

Unit II: Professional Practice

4. Evidence-Based Practice

5. Research

6. Ethical Considerations

7. Workplace Violence
 
Unit III: Clinical Foundations of Emergency Nursing

8. Triage

9. Patient Assessment

10. Pain

11. Wound Management

12. Family Presence During Resuscitation

13. Management of the Critical Care Patient in the Emergency Department

14. Palliative and End-of-Life Care in the Emergency Department

15. Organ and Tissue Donation

16. Air and Surface Patient Transport

17. Emergency Preparedness

18. Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN) Threats

Unit IV: Medical and Surgical Emergencies

19. Communicable Diseases

20. Fluids and Electrolytes

21. Shock Emergencies

22. Respiratory Emergencies

23. Cardiovascular Emergencies

24. Neurologic Emergencies

25. Gastrointestinal Emergencies

26. Renal and Genitourinary Emergencies

27. Gynecologic Emergencies

28. Endocrine Emergencies

29. Hematologic and Oncologic Emergencies

30. Environmental Emergencies

31. Toxicologic Emergencies

32. Dental, Ear, Nose, Throat, and Facial Emergencies

33. Ocular Emergencies
 
Unit V: Trauma Emergencies

34. Epidemiology and Mechanisms of Injury

35. Head Trauma

36. Maxillofacial Trauma

37. Spinal Trauma

38. Thoracic Trauma

39. Abdominal and Genitourinary Trauma

40. Orthopedic and Neurovascular Trauma

41. Burn Trauma

42. Pediatric Trauma

43. Obstetric Trauma

44. Geriatric Trauma
 
Unit VI: Special Populations

45. Pediatric Emergencies

46. Geriatric Emergencies

47. Behavioral Health Emergencies

48. Emergency Forensic Considerations

49. Abuse and Neglect

50. Substance Abuse

51. Sexual Assault