Rapid Access Guide for Pediatric Emergencies (eBook)

Providing Expert Nursing Care

Deb Jeffries, Lynn Sayre Visser (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021 | 1., First Edition
340 Seiten
Springer Publishing Company (Verlag)
9780826152435 (ISBN)

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Delineates essential pediatric knowledge and skills that will greatly enhance nursing orientation and ongoing educationThis pocket-sized resource for nurses confronting pediatric emergencies provides immediate access to vital, life-saving information. Ideal for a variety of settings, this guide distills the wisdom of expert pediatric emergency clinicians who provide a wealth of critical information from basic foundational knowledge through red flag presentations and triage.After describing how to best incorporate the guide into practice, the book conveys important contextual information about pediatric developmental stages, anatomy and physiology, and how to communicate effectively with patients and caregivers. This essential resource provides comprehensive triage content; a combination of concept-based learning, disease pathology, and recognition according to body system; and psychosocial considerations. Additionally, behavioral health issues, congenital cardiac anomalies, and children with unique needs, along with assessments, interventions, critical medications, and selected components of resuscitation are covered.This text provides emergency, urgent care, clinic, school nurses and others, both experienced and inexperienced, with a pocket reference when caring for the pediatric patient. A quick-reference section highlights emergency pediatric procedures and medication administration for at-a-glance information. Chapters contain space for taking notes, inscribing important phone numbers, or pasting facility-specific policies and procedures.Key Features:Concise, pocket-sized, immediate-access formatUseful for emergency, urgent care, clinic, school, detention center, summer camp settings, and othersUtilizes a systematic evidence-based approach for the triage, assessment, and identification of appropriate interventions for a variety of clinical presentationsDescribes nursing pearls and critical concepts of pediatric emergency careAddresses typical vs. atypical patient presentationsProvides step-by-step information for pediatric proceduresAddresses anatomic and physiologic age-specific considerations applicable to each disease pathology or injuryIcons are used throughout the book to quickly direct the user to specific content areasContains blank note pages for customization

Inhalt

Resource Numbers

About the Authors

Title Page

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Contributors and Reviewers

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Part I: INTRODUCTION TO EMERGENCY PEDIATRIC NURSING CARE

Chapter 1: The Secrets to Using this Guide

Chapter 2: Overview of the Care of the Pediatric Patient

Chapter 3: Across the Continuum: Birth through Adolescence

Part II: KEY ISSUES IN EMERGENCY PEDIATRIC NURSING CARE

Chapter 4: Pediatric Triage

Chapter 5: Inadequate Ventilation

Chapter 6: Inadequate Perfusion

Chapter 7: Altered Mental Status

Chapter 8: Cardiovascular Emergencies

Chapter 9: Abdominal Emergencies

Part III: PEDIATRIC EMERGENCIES BY BODY SYSTEM

Chapter 10: Endocrine Emergencies

Chapter 11: Genitourinary Emergencies

Chapter 12: Obstetrical Emergencies

Chapter 13: Musculoskeletal Emergencies

Chapter 14: Eye Emergencies

Chapter 15: Dental, Ear, and Nose Emergencies

Part IV: SPECIAL ISSUES IN EMERGENCY PEDIATRIC CARE

Chapter 16: Infectious Diseases

Chapter 17: Hematology and Oncology Emergencies

Chapter 18: Toxicology Emergencies

Chapter 19: Environmental Emergencies

Chapter 20: Child Maltreatment

Chapter 21: Behavioral Health Emergencies

Chapter 22: Human Trafficking

Chapter 23: Death of a Child

Part V: TRAUMA, BURN, AND DISASTER EMERGENCIES

Chapter 24: Trauma

Chapter 25: Burn Emergencies

Chapter 26: Pediatric Disaster Response

Part VI: PROCEDURES AND MEDICATIONS

Chapter 27: Procedures

Chapter 28: Medication Administration

Notes

References

Index

Ruler

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.7.2021
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege ► Fachpflege
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege ► Kinderkrankenpflege
• Schlagworte: anatomy,behavioral health,caregiver,emergency intervention,growth and development,nurses,pediatric emergency department,pediatric patients,physiology,resuscitation,trauma
• ISBN-13: 9780826152435 / 9780826152435