The Emergency Room Nurse: A Complete Guide to Emergency Care

This book is a complete guide to emergency care for new and experienced ER nurses in an easy to read format from admission to discharge. When the ER turns into a zoo, no problem, the nursing care outlined in this book is the organized part of the ER chaos that leads to a professional practice defendable in court and improved patient care. As an ER nurse, it is often necessary to care for several urgent or emergent patients simultaneously, and you need a ready reference. For example, if you are assigned a patient with abdominal pain, this book outlines all the care necessary and reviews the diseases associated with abdominal pain. It even reveals different abdominal pain locations and provides the disease processes found in that area. Only information related to abdominal pain is in the chapter making the review quick and easy. In the chapter pertaining to seizures, this book outlines all the care necessary, reviews the different types of seizures, and even reveals how to tell the difference between a syncope and a seizure. All the information needed regarding seizures will be at your fingertips.