This user-friendly, quick-access manual provides full-range coverage of the triage process in emergency care, from fundamental clinical guidance concerning patient assessment and treatment through the leadership skills and organizational skill building required by senior staff and emergency department management personnel. This second edition offers updated features from the first edition, such as alphabetized listings of patient complaints, emergency alerts to help nurses recognize serious conditions quickly, �Pearls of Triage Wisdom� with timely clinical tips, and cross-cultural considerations. This edition also includes specific prioritizations for each triage guideline. A brand-new examination that will enable purchasers to receive continuing education credit is included.

A Brandon-Hill Recommended Title.

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Here's everything you need to know to triage in an emergency - in one accessible source! More than a basic assessment manual, Quick Reference to Triage is a multi-purpose problem-solver that takes you from the fundamentals of emergency nursing through the organizational and leadership skills needed to maintain a top-notch triage staff.

The critical guidance you'll find in this rapid-access manual covers all the essential elements of triage - from the first moment you see the patient through the initial nursing intervention.

Emergency Alerts help you recognize serious conditions quickly and respond with the appropriate nursing interventions.

Alphabetized Listings of patient complaints according to Assessment, Immediate Triage, and Initial Nursing Interventions let you retrieve critical information in a flash.

Pearls of Triage Wisdom, not found in other books, provide tips from the author's years of triage experience to help improve assessment of specific populations, including geriatric, pediatric, obstetric, and psychiatric patients.

Cultural Considerations including Cross Cultural Empathy, Basic Spanish Triage Questions, and How to Get the Most from an Interpreter promote effective communication.

Post Test lets you assess you knowledge and helps nursing manager evaluate staff expertise in following emergency protocols.

A Must for Any Emergency Department!

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