Fast Facts for the ER Nurse, Fourth Edition: Guide to a Successful Emergency Department Orientation

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Jennifer Buettner

Fast Facts for the ER Nurse, Fourth Edition

Guide to a Successful Emergency Department Orientation

Jennifer Buettner

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Springer Publishing Co Inc
30 May 2021

Accident & emergency nursing; Intensive care nursing

Series: Fast Facts

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

By: Jennifer Buettner
Imprint: Springer Publishing Co Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 4th New edition
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 127mm,
Weight: 426g
ISBN: 9780826152169
ISBN 10: 0826152163
Series: Fast Facts
Pages: 300
Publication Date: 30 May 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Replaced By: 9780826189196
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jennifer R. Buettner, RN, BSN, CEN, HHP currently serves as the nurse educator for the emergency department (ED) at DeKalb Medical Center at Hillandale, Lithonia, Georgia.