Emergency Nursing Made Practical: A Complete Guide to Rapid Assessment, Triage, Trauma, Resuscitation, Critical Care, and Emergency Patient Management - Softcover

Pitts, Marilyn J.; Johnson, Wilford L.; Hamel, Edith D.; Case, Monique D.

9798178032015: Emergency Nursing Made Practical: A Complete Guide to Rapid Assessment, Triage, Trauma, Resuscitation, Critical Care, and Emergency Patient Management

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ISBN 13: 9798178032015

Verlag: Independently published, 2026

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Emergency Nursing Made Practical is a comprehensive clinical guide designed to help nursing students, emergency nurses, and healthcare professionals understand the assessment, prioritization, stabilization, treatment support, and ongoing management of patients in emergency settings.

Built around the realities of fast-moving and unpredictable emergency care, the book connects rapid clinical reasoning with practical nursing action. It explains how to recognize deterioration, interpret vital signs and clinical cues, triage according to urgency, support airway and circulation, respond to trauma and resuscitation, manage common emergency presentations, communicate effectively with patients and families, and coordinate safe handover and discharge.

The book also examines the wider systems that shape emergency care, including patient flow, crowding, staffing, workload, nursing-sensitive outcomes, professional competency, workplace stress, violence, quality improvement, and workforce development. Particular attention is given to older adults, children, patients with cognitive or communication impairment, culturally and linguistically diverse populations, and people with complex social needs.

Key topics include:

Rapid assessment and early recognition of deterioration
Triage, acuity, and clinical prioritization
Airway, respiratory, circulatory, and shock emergencies
Acute chest pain, cardiac emergencies, and dysrhythmias
Neurological emergencies, stroke, and seizures
Trauma assessment and emergency nursing management
Cardiac arrest, resuscitation, and post-resuscitation care
Pain and symptom management
Infection, sepsis, and systemic deterioration
Toxicological, metabolic, and environmental emergencies
Emergency care of special populations
Therapeutic communication and patient-centred nursing
Handover, discharge, follow-up, and continuity of care
Emergency department flow, crowding, and operational safety
Quality measurement, nursing-sensitive outcomes, competency development, burnout, resilience, workplace violence, and retention

Written in a clear, clinically focused style, Emergency Nursing Made Practical emphasizes repeated reassessment, safe escalation, structured communication, and the connection between bedside nursing and the wider emergency care system. It is suitable for senior undergraduate and postgraduate nursing students, newly qualified and experienced emergency nurses, advanced practitioners, educators, and clinicians seeking a practical reference for contemporary emergency nursing practice.

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