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eBook details
- Title: Rapid Access Guide for Triage and Emergency Nurses
- Author : Lynn Sayre Visser MSN, BS, RN, CEN, CPEN, CLNC & Anna Sivo Montejano DNP, MSNEd, RN, CEN
- Release Date : January 30, 2018
- Genre: Nursing,Books,Professional & Technical,Medical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 18273 KB
Description
From the award-winning authors of Fast Facts for the Triage Nurse!
The vital information you need to quickly identify acutely ill or injured patients.
Rapid Access Guide for Triage and Emergency Nurses: Chief Complaints With High-Risk Presentations is the first pocket-sized clinical manual focusing on patient-driven chief complaints. Designed to assist in rapidly recognizing potential life-threatening or life-altering conditions, this guide can be used in a variety of healthcare settings.
Content covers each body system and its most common chief complaints along with first-line questions, assessments, and interventions to prompt the user. Red flag findings, easily identified by the flag icon, denote critical signs and symptoms, while a light bulb icon helps the user locate key tips.
The guide includes evidence-based practice guidelines, reference tables, and checklists for at-a-glance retrieval of information. Most chapters contain space for taking notes, inscribing important phone numbers, or pasting facility specific policies and procedures.
Key Features:
Common chief complaints with essential tips. Unique patient presentations. Triage processes, clinical red flags, screening tools. Pediatric and older adult considerations. Disaster response. Active shooter or violent situation action steps.