Rapid Access Guide for Pediatric Emergencies

Providing Expert Nursing Care

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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Delineates essential pediatric knowledge and skills that will greatly enhance nursing orientation and ongoing educationThis pocket-sized resource for nurses confronting pediatric emergencies provides immediate access to vital, life-saving information. Ideal for a variety of settings, this guide distills the wisdom of expert pediatric emergency clinicians who provide a wealth of critical information from basic foundational knowledge through red flag presentations and triage.After describing how to best incorporate the guide into practice, the book conveys important contextual information about pediatric developmental stages, anatomy and physiology, and how to communicate effectively with patients and caregivers. This essential resource provides comprehensive triage content; a combination of concept-based learning, disease pathology, and recognition according to body system; and psychosocial considerations. Additionally, behavioral health issues, congenital cardiac anomalies, and children with unique needs, along with assessments, interventions, critical medications, and selected components of resuscitation are covered.This text provides emergency, urgent care, clinic, school nurses and others, both experienced and inexperienced, with a pocket reference when caring for the pediatric patient. A quick-reference section highlights emergency pediatric procedures and medication administration for at-a-glance information. Chapters contain space for taking notes, inscribing important phone numbers, or pasting facility-specific policies and procedures.Key Features:Concise, pocket-sized, immediate-access formatUseful for emergency, urgent care, clinic, school, detention center, summer camp settings, and othersUtilizes a systematic evidence-based approach for the triage, assessment, and identification of appropriate interventions for a variety of clinical presentationsDescribes nursing pearls and critical concepts of pediatric emergency careAddresses typical vs. atypical patient presentationsProvides step-by-step information for pediatric proceduresAddresses anatomic and physiologic age-specific considerations applicable to each disease pathology or injuryIcons are used throughout the book to quickly direct the user to specific content areasContains blank note pages for customization

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Utgivningsdatum2021-06-29
Mått152 x 102 x 25 mm
Vikt454 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor340
FörlagSpringer Publishing Co Inc
ISBN9780826152428

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Deb Jeffries, MSN-Ed., RN, CEN, CPEN, TCRN is a registered nurse with over three decades of experience in critical care and emergency nursing and has dedicated much of her career toward clinical education in the acute care emergency setting. Ms. Jeffries is a TNCC and ENPC course director and an ACLS, PALS, and BLS instructor.Lynn Sayre Visser, MSN, RN, PHN, CEN, CPEN, FAEN has devoted her 28 year career to emergency nursing, triage education, mentoring others, and writing about topics that impact nursing. Her career has been complemented by experience in prehospital care, ICUs, post-anesthesia care units, and as an organ procurement coordinator. Her passion for quality patient care led her to play instrumental roles in the implementation of a provider in triage, rapid triage assessment, and immediate bedding processes along with formalized triage education in multiple facilities. She is a change-agent and philanthropist and has been published in a variety of arenas. She is the co-author of Fast Facts for the Triage Nurse: An Orientation and Care Guide, Essentials for the Triage Nurse, Rapid Access Guide for Triage and Emergency Nurses, and Rapid Access Guide for Pediatric Emergency Nursing. Her work has been recognized with two American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year awards, the 2019 Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) Media Award, the 2021 ENA Team Award, as well as the 2019 Sigma Theta Tau Edith Moore Copeland Founders Award for excellence in creativity. She holds a Master of Science Degree in Nursing with an emphasis in education and a double Bachelor of Science degree in nursing and exercise physiology.

Resource NumbersAbout the AuthorsTitle PageDedicationContentsPrefaceContributors and ReviewersAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsPart I: INTRODUCTION TO EMERGENCY PEDIATRIC NURSING CAREChapter 1: The Secrets to Using this GuideChapter 2: Overview of the Care of the Pediatric PatientChapter 3: Across the Continuum: Birth through AdolescencePart II: KEY ISSUES IN EMERGENCY PEDIATRIC NURSING CAREChapter 4: Pediatric TriageChapter 5: Inadequate VentilationChapter 6: Inadequate PerfusionChapter 7: Altered Mental StatusChapter 8: Cardiovascular EmergenciesChapter 9: Abdominal EmergenciesPart III: PEDIATRIC EMERGENCIES BY BODY SYSTEMChapter 10: Endocrine EmergenciesChapter 11: Genitourinary EmergenciesChapter 12: Obstetrical EmergenciesChapter 13: Musculoskeletal EmergenciesChapter 14: Eye EmergenciesChapter 15: Dental, Ear, and Nose EmergenciesPart IV: SPECIAL ISSUES IN EMERGENCY PEDIATRIC CAREChapter 16: Infectious DiseasesChapter 17: Hematology and Oncology EmergenciesChapter 18: Toxicology EmergenciesChapter 19: Environmental EmergenciesChapter 20: Child MaltreatmentChapter 21: Behavioral Health EmergenciesChapter 22: Human TraffickingChapter 23: Death of a ChildPart V: TRAUMA, BURN, AND DISASTER EMERGENCIESChapter 24: TraumaChapter 25: Burn EmergenciesChapter 26: Pediatric Disaster ResponsePart VI: PROCEDURES AND MEDICATIONSChapter 27: ProceduresChapter 28: Medication AdministrationNotesReferencesIndexRuler