Emergency Nursing at a Glance
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Emergency Nursing at a Glance

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eBook - ePub

Emergency Nursing at a Glance

About this book

Everything you need to know about Emergency Nursingā€¦ at a Glance!

Emergency Nursing at a Glance, Second Edition, remains an essential resource for nursing students and newly qualified practitioners working in emergency and urgent care environments. This concise, visually engaging book provides up-to-date, evidence-based knowledge across a broad range of emergency presentations. Building on the strengths of the first edition, Emergency Nursing at a Glance is fully updated to ensure relevance in today's clinical landscape. New peer-reviewed contentā€”organised into themed chapters that reflect the diverse nature of emergency nursingā€”includes infectious diseases, frailty, safeguarding vulnerable adults, and sickle cell crisis.

Equipping readers with the knowledge and confidence to provide safe, responsive care in the fast-paced and ever-evolving emergency care setting, Emergency Nursing at a Glance:

  • Addresses a full spectrum of care needs in adults, children, mental health, and people with a learning disability
  • Incorporates the latest evidence-based guidance and clinical best practices
  • Supports understanding of triage, assessment, and common emergency presentations across multiple settings
  • Includes updated content on legal, professional, and ethical responsibilities
  • Presented in a user-friendly format designed for quick reference, effective learning, and revision

Emergency Nursing at a Glance is ideal for undergraduate and postgraduate nursing students studying emergency care as part of BSc or MSc Nursing programmes in adult, child, mental health, and learning disability fields. It is also a valuable reference for newly qualified nurses and junior staff in emergency departments, urgent treatment centres, minor injuries units, and a useful resource when undertaking CPD.

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Yes, you can access Emergency Nursing at a Glance by Paul Newcombe,Sarah Laslett in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Nursing. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Wiley
Year
2025
Print ISBN
9781394272914
eBook ISBN
9781394272921
Edition
2
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Nursing

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. About the editors
  6. Contributors
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Section 1: The ED journey
  10. Section 2: Patient assessment
  11. Section 3: Airway and breathing
  12. Section 4: Circulation
  13. Section 5: Disability
  14. Section 6: Major trauma
  15. Section 7: Emergency presentations
  16. Section 8: Poisoning and overdose
  17. Section 9: Infection prevention and control
  18. Section 10: Vulnerable adults
  19. Section 11: Mental health
  20. Section 12: Children in the emergency department (ED)
  21. Section 13: Urgent care
  22. Further reading/references
  23. Index
  24. End User License Agreement