Emergency nursing at a glance /

From the publishers of the market-leading "At a Glance" series comes a wide-ranging and succinct overview of the key concepts of emergency care. Emergency Nursing at a Glance uses the unique and highly visual at a Glance format to convey vital information quickly and efficiently, ensuring...

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Corporate Authors: Wiley (Online service)
Group Author: Holbery, Natalie; Newcombe, Paul
Published: John Wiley & Sons Inc.,
Publisher Address: Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA :
Publication Dates: 2016.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: At a glance series.
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Online Access: http://www.itextbook.cn/f/book/bookDetail?bookId=3467ff7acf064e36864503166bea1d6f
Summary: From the publishers of the market-leading "At a Glance" series comes a wide-ranging and succinct overview of the key concepts of emergency care. Emergency Nursing at a Glance uses the unique and highly visual at a Glance format to convey vital information quickly and efficiently, ensuring that nursing students have access to all the important topics they need for an emergency care placement. This highly visual, easy-to-read guide is the ideal companion for anyone entering fields involving urgent or unscheduled care. Includes all aspects of emergency care, including trauma, minor injury, triage processes, patient assessment, common emergency presentations, as well as legal, ethical and professional issues. Covers care of adults, children, and those with learning disabilities and mental health conditions. Presented in the bestselling at a Glance format, with superb illustrations and a concise approach. Emergency Nursing at a Glance is an invaluable resource for nursing students, newly qualified nurses and other healthcare professionals working in emergency departments, urgent care centers, minor injury units and walk-in centers. -- Provided by publisher.
Item Description: Description based on print version record.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (ix, 171 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781118867662
Index Number: RA645
CLC: R472.2
Contents: Part 1 Initial Patient Assessment -- Part 2 Airway and breathing -- Part 3 Circulation -- Part 4 Disability -- Part 5 Emergency presentations and conditions -- Part 6 Poisoning and overdose -- Part 7 Infectious diseases -- Part 8 Vulnerable patient groups -- Part 9 Children in the emergency department -- Part 10 Minor injuries and conditions -- Part 11 Major Trauma -- Part 12 Patient transfer and end of life care -- Further reading -- references.