This quick-access orientation guide-the only one written by experienced acute care nurses-delivers all the information new AG-ACNP practitioners and students need for skilled clinical practice across the adult lifespan. Organized with a clinical system-based approach, this resource puts vital information at your fingertips with succinct, easy-to-read bullet points, diagrams, and formulas. Tables highlight diagnostic criteria and compare/contrast similar disorders and treatments along with commonly used medications, dosages, and infusions.Designed to fit into a pocket for daily use, this book is based on critical care curriculum developed by the author over 25 years, along with the wisdom of experienced nurse contributors. It includes useful tips on medication dosing, ordering diagnostic tests, documentation, and billing, and provides clinical pearls for each body system. This pocket resource will be an invaluable companion for AG-ACNP students in clinical rotation, novice AG-ACNP graduates, and experienced nurses who are working with a new patient population. Key Features: Places vital information at your fingertips for easy information retrieval in a fast-paced environment Organized in a clinical system-based approach Provides quick-access tables, diagrams, and formulas, including risk calculators Streamlines complex information into easily understandable language Compares similar diagnostic criteria for accurate diagnoses in high-acuity settings Includes evidence-based treatments for best practice and patient care

This bestselling resource has successfully prepared thousands of ER nurses to provide safe, effective, and high-quality care to their patients. This new edition is updated with guidelines from the American Heart Association, Neonatal Resuscitation Program, American Stroke Association, Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course, and Trauma Nurse Core Course. This guide presents the most current information on medications, street drugs, the opioid crisis, and intraosseous access. Chapters are replete with new case studies, updated photos, and time-tested tips.This Fast Facts guide is written in bullet-point format and is alphabetically organized by disease and disorder within each body system to emphasize easy access and at-a-glance viewing. All chapters list relevant materials, equipment and drugs; and each diagnosis includes its definition, causes, signs and symptoms, and interventions. Helpful appendices display common abbreviations and lab values, EKG rhythms, frequently used medications, and updated alphabetized skills checklists for self-examination. New to the Fourth Edition: New content on administering Alteplase, coronaviruses, decompression sickness, high altitude illness, human trafficking, influenza, lightning injuries, osteomyelitis, parasitic and insect infestations, post-birth warning signs, post-cardiac arrest care, rhabdomyolysis, status asthmaticus, and triage legal issues. Updates on infectious disease emergencies, disaster response emergencies, environmental emergencies, and OB/GYN emergencies New information on fluid and electrolyte imbalance Shock and Multisystem Trauma divided into two expanded chapters Updated with useful tricks of the trade and 'survival tips' New knowledge on street drugs including vaping, concentrated marijuana, and the opioid crisis Key Features: Educates new ER nurses and their preceptors on the most common injuries and illnesses they will encounter Comes in handy pocket size for reference on the go Provides easy referral to equipment, medications, procedures, and specialty care Delivers hands-on teaching strategies for instructors

Goes beyond memorization with a Socratic-style content review to promote critical thinking.This innovative review for nurses preparing for the Certified Neuroscience Registered Nurse (CNRN (R)) exam mirrors the test-format blueprint, focusing on the specific subject matter on the exam. It is carefully calibrated to provide an effective balance of clinical judgment-enhancing content review in the form of unfolding questions, answers, rationales, and hints to enhance the critical reasoning process. Following the review chapters, a practice exam of 220 randomized Q&As can be taken to simulate the actual certification exam. This "Think in Questions" content review is designed to help readers anticipate the kind of questions that will be asked and promote critical thinking throughout the exam. Topical "bite-size" sections and plentiful tables and charts facilitate easier learning and memorization. An introductory chapter includes sections devoted to test-taking skills and practices, specific guidance for taking the CNRN (R) exam, and an exploration of the journey towards certification. Key Features: Familiarizes the world of certifications Explicates the CNRN (R) exam Defines proven test-taking skills and preparations Mirrors exam content blueprint A total of 450 exam-style Q&As with rationales Springer Publishing Company recognizes that the Certified Neuroscience Registered Nurse (CNRN (R)) exam is a registered service mark of the American Board of Neuroscience Nursing (ABNN). and has applied this service mark to the first mention of the exam in each of the chapters in this book and on its cover.

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Focuses on current, ICU-specific information needed daily by busy ICU nurses.This newly updated, quick-access guide for critical care nurses covers the most common admitting diagnoses and reviews their causes, signs and symptoms, and interventions. Critical care nursing requires astute assessment, adept communication, and the ability to multitask, as well as a high degree of adaptability. In the ICU, patient status and plan of care change constantly, presenting multifaceted problems for nurses and healthcare providers. This authoritative resource, replete with bulleted, bite-size content, provides information to the busy ICU nurse in a heartbeat. Fast Facts for the Critical Care Nurse, Second Edition has been updated with the most current evidence-based guidelines and standards. Now organized by body system, this reference presents the latest treatment modalities and provides quick access to lab values and hemodynamic parameters. Part I introduces the foundations of critical care. Part II progresses by body system to cover common procedures and interventions. Part III ends with Patient and Family Centered Care, discussing palliative directives and organ donation. New to the Second Edition: Seven completely new chapters Chapter reorganization by body system Updated to include newest treatment modalities Speedy access to lab values and hemodynamic parameters Normal lab values at chapter beginning for reader orientation Key Features: Provides quick access to essential information needed on a daily basis Includes Fast Facts boxes to help guide the reader Authored by a respected nurse leader, educator, and AACN/Wharton Executive Leadership Fellow

Only seventeen years after the establishment of the Army Nurse Corps (ANC), America entered into a global conflict known as World War I. It was a short period, less than two years until the Armistice in 1918, but the demands on nurses were profound. The ANC grew from 403 members to over 22,000 utilizing a significant portion of all the professional nurses in the United States. Their willingness to volunteer was the blueprint for how nurses would answer the need across the 20th century when the patriots responded to a call to arms in support of our Nation and freedom around the world. Recognition of the valuable role nurses played during the war led to the establishment, also in 1918, of the Army School of Nursing, a highly respected and unique institution that set exacting and enduring standards of quality. In dedicating this commemorative publication to all Army nurses who served during the First World War, the Office of the Surgeon General and the U.S. Army Medical Command pay tribute to the significant contributions that the Army Nurse Corps made to the advancement of military medicine 90 years ago.

Le present manuel de formation est principalement destine aux participants d'un cours de trois jours et demi sur le triage, l'evaluation et le traitement d'urgence. Il fournit aux participants la documentation a lire pour se preparer aux modules enseignes pendant le cours (certaines des lectures pourraient etre faites pendant la formation). De plus, il propose des questions d'auto-evaluation auxquelles les participants peuvent repondre apres avoir suivi la formation. En dehors d'une utilisation dans le cadre d'une formation a temps complet, la lecture peut etre utile pour les formateurs et les participants qui participent a la formation sous forme d'une serie de seminaires.On trouve des conseils sur la facon d'assurer la formation dans le guide de l'animateur parallele."