Accident and Emergency Nursing - Softcover

Toulson, Stuart

 
9781861561909: Accident and Emergency Nursing
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1861561903 ISBN 13: 9781861561909
Publisher: Wiley, 2001

Synopsis

This comprehensive text, written by practising A&E nurses, seeks to provide the nurse with a professional overview of current A&E good practice. Divided into two sections the book covers all the common situations that may occur in an A&E department. Section one concerns itself with the various conditions that are presented and examines the clinical, practical aspects of those conditions. The second section discusses the professional issues involved in A&E nursing such as triage, the role of the Nurse Practitioner, violence and innappropriate attendance.

Contents

Section 1

  • Trauma Resuscitation (ATLS)
  • Cardiac Conditions
  • Respiratory Conditions
  • Surgical Conditions
  • Gynaecological Conditions
  • Unconsciousness
  • Neurological Conditions
  • Psychological Conditions
  • Orthopaedic Injuries
  • Burns
  • Paediatric Conditions
  • Soft Tissue Injuries
  • Opthalmic Conditions
  • E.N.T. Conditions

Section 2

  • Perceived Innappropriate Attendance
  • Triage
  • Role of the ENP
  • Telephone Triage
  • Health Education
  • Staff Support/Bereavement
  • Violence and Aggression
  • Major Accident Plannin

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About the Author

Stuart Toulson is the author of Accident and Emergency Nursing, published by Wiley.

From the Back Cover

This comprehensive text, written by practising A&E nurses, seeks to provide the nurse with a professional overview of current A&E good practice. Divided into two sections the book covers all the common situations that may occur in an A&E department. Section one concerns itself with the various conditions that are presented and examines the clinical, practical aspects of those conditions. The second section discusses the professional issues involved in A&E nursing such as triage, the role of the Nurse Practitioner, violence and innappropriate attendance.

Contents
Section 1

  • Trauma Resuscitation (ATLS)
  • Cardiac Conditions
  • Respiratory Conditions
  • Surgical Conditions
  • Gynaecological Conditions
  • Unconsciousness
  • Neurological Conditions
  • Psychological Conditions
  • Orthopaedic Injuries
  • Burns
  • Paediatric Conditions
  • Soft Tissue Injuries
  • Opthalmic Conditions
  • E.N.T. Conditions
Section 2
  • Perceived Innappropriate Attendance
  • Triage
  • Role of the ENP
  • Telephone Triage
  • Health Education
  • Staff Support/Bereavement
  • Violence and Aggression
  • Major Accident Plannin

From the Inside Flap

This comprehensive text, written by practising A&E nurses, seeks to provide the nurse with a professional overview of current A&E good practice. Divided into two sections the book covers all the common situations that may occur in an A&E department. Section one concerns itself with the various conditions that are presented and examines the clinical, practical aspects of those conditions. The second section discusses the professional issues involved in A&E nursing such as triage, the role of the Nurse Practitioner, violence and innappropriate attendance.

Contents
Section 1

  • Trauma Resuscitation (ATLS)
  • Cardiac Conditions
  • Respiratory Conditions
  • Surgical Conditions
  • Gynaecological Conditions
  • Unconsciousness
  • Neurological Conditions
  • Psychological Conditions
  • Orthopaedic Injuries
  • Burns
  • Paediatric Conditions
  • Soft Tissue Injuries
  • Opthalmic Conditions
  • E.N.T. Conditions
Section 2
  • Perceived Innappropriate Attendance
  • Triage
  • Role of the ENP
  • Telephone Triage
  • Health Education
  • Staff Support/Bereavement
  • Violence and Aggression
  • Major Accident Plannin

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Wiley
Publication date
2001
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1861561903
ISBN 13 
9781861561909
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
528