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This handbook provides guidance on the particular issues faced by emergency nurses. Taking a systems-based approach, practical guidance is given on common and rarer occurrences encountered in the emergency setting. Immediate management, investigations, onward referral, and practical skills are covered in a succinct format.
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Emergency nursing requires rapid assessment and decision-making. Often nurses are required to make sense of considerable amounts of information and act on it. The Oxford Handbook of Emergency Nursing provides an essential resource when time is short and the need for practical clinical guidance is paramount. This second edition has been fully updated to reflect new guidelines and approaches which have impacted emergency nursing in recent years. This handbook provides clear, focussed information that will aid all areas of patient assessment and management in emergency care. The concise format will enable the reader to quickly locate the information needed and provides alerts regarding critical 'must-dos' for ill adults and children. The skills section provides a quick summary of the many clinical skills needed in emergency care, ideal as an introduction for the uninitiated and as a refresher for skills performed infrequently. Additionally, this second edition has been expanded to cover nursing in major trauma and emergencies in the elderly. This handbook will empower nurses to deliver excellence in emergency care.Written by practising nurses and subject experts, the Oxford Handbook of Emergency Nursing is a unique and invaluable companion for qualified and student nurses, and to all health care professionals working in the emergency care setting.
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2nd edition. Fast access to concise, targeted information on all essentials aspects of emergency nursing.
Author Biography
Robert Crouch has extensive emergency nursing experience, spanning 20 years in practice. He has pursued both an academic and clinical career and is recognised as a leading figure in emergency nursing in the UK. He has contributed nationally to the development of emergency nursing practice and policy. He has worked and been involved in developing educational programmes in a number of countries. In particular he has overseen the development of a consultant practitioner training programme, the first of its kind in the UK.Alan Charters has 20 years' worth of experience in emergency nursing. He specialised early on in his career focussing on paediatric emergency care and has worked in many departments and countries. He has contributed nationally to the development of paediatric emergency nursing practice and policy. He has been involved in developing educational programmes in a number of universities and departments.Mary Dawood has an established career in emergency nursing and has held the post of Consultant Nurse in this specialty at St Mary's NHS Trust London for the past six years. Prior to this post she worked for two years as Lecturer/Practitioner where she taught both pre- and post-registration nursing focusing particularly on the education and training of nurse practitioners. Mary is also a member of the editorial board of the health journal Diversity in Health and Social Care and has published numerous papers on the subject of emergency nursing. She is an established speaker having presented at conferences both nationally and internationally.Paula Bennett qualified as a registered nurse in 1990 and an registered sick children's nurse in 1996. She has spent her career in emergency care combining clinical practice with teaching and service development. Her current post as Nurse Consultant enables her to maintain frequent clinical contact with patients and at the same time support and develop the skills of others. Following a recent Florence Nightingale Foundation Travel Scholarship, Paula has visited centres in Toronto and Melbourne to explore international developments in emergency care.
Table of Contents
1: General principles of emergency nursing2: First principles3: Investigations4: Emergency care of the infant and child5: Obstetric emergencies6: Neurological emergencies7: Respiratory emergencies8: Cardiovascular emergencies9: Musculoskeletal injuries10: Gastrointestinal emergencies11: Genitourinary emergencies12: Skin emergencies13: Ophthalmological emergencies14: ENT emergencies15: Major trauma16: Endocrine and metabolic emergencies17: Haematological emergencies18: Overdose and poisoning19: Mental health emergencies20: Emergencies in older patients21: Skills reminder
Review
`Review from previous edition Newly registered emergency nurses who want to acquire the skills and knowledge needed for effective practice will find this book invaluable.' Emergency Nurse - June 2009`This resource is essential for the emergency nurse clinician... The authors have exceeded their objectives... this is a must-have handbook. It provides a patient-centred, evidence-based resource for even the most experienced emergency-room nurses.' Doody's Notes - June 2009`...there are contributions from a considerable range of specialists from nursing and other professions...the totality of the content appears substantive, holistic, and evidence based...exceedingly interesting and well written, with a clear holistic approach. It will be of great benefit to my emergency care students...recommend immediate purchase' International Emergency Nursing - 2010
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Provides guidance on the day-to-day issues faced by emergency nurses.
Long Description
Emergency nursing requires rapid assessment and decision-making. Often nurses are required to make sense of considerable amounts of information and act on it. The Oxford Handbook of Emergency Nursing provides an essential resource when time is short and the need for practical clinical guidance is paramount. This second edition has been fully updated to reflect new guidelines and approaches which have impacted emergency nursing in recent years. This handbookprovides clear, focussed information that will aid all areas of patient assessment and management in emergency care. The concise format will enable the reader to quickly locate the information needed andprovides alerts regarding critical 'must-dos' for ill adults and children. The skills section provides a quick summary of the many clinical skills needed in emergency care, ideal as an introduction for the uninitiated and as a refresher for skills performed infrequently. Additionally, this second edition has been expanded to cover nursing in major trauma and emergencies in the elderly. This handbook will empower nurses to deliver excellence in emergency care.Written bypractising nurses and subject experts, the Oxford Handbook of Emergency Nursing is a unique and invaluable companion for qualified and student nurses, and to all health care professionals working in theemergency care setting.
Review Text
`Review from previous edition Newly registered emergency nurses who want to acquire the skills and knowledge needed for effective practice will find this book invaluable.'Emergency Nurse - June 2009`This resource is essential for the emergency nurse clinician... The authors have exceeded their objectives... this is a must-have handbook. It provides a patient-centred, evidence-based resource for even the most experienced emergency-room nurses.'Doody's Notes - June 2009`...there are contributions from a considerable range of specialists from nursing and other professions...the totality of the content appears substantive, holistic, and evidence based...exceedingly interesting and well written, with a clear holistic approach. It will be of great benefit to my emergency care students...recommend immediate purchase'International Emergency Nursing - 2010
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Review from previous edition Newly registered emergency nurses who want to acquire the skills and knowledge needed for effective practice will find this book invaluable.
Feature
Fast access to concise, targeted information on all essential aspects of emergency nursingWritten by experienced nurses and packed full of up-to-date guidance and informationContains detailed information on patient assessment and prioritizationHighlights signs and symptoms that call for urgent actionFeatures a handy skills chapter which offers a quick 'aide-memoire' for the reader
Details ISBN0199688869 ISBN-10 0199688869 ISBN-13 9780199688869 Format Paperback Year 2016 Publisher Oxford University Press Short Title OXFORD HANDBK OF EMERGENCY NUR Language English Edition 2nd Media Book Imprint Oxford University Press Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Robert Crouch OBE DEWEY 616.025 Pages 832 Publication Date 2016-10-27 UK Release Date 2016-10-27 NZ Release Date 2016-10-27 Author Paula Bennett Edition Description 2nd Revised edition Series Oxford Handbooks in Nursing Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2016-11-10 We've got this
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