CHAPTER 17. Emergency Preparedness Kathy S. Robinson Disasters—natural and manmade events that dramatically affect life and property to catastrophic proportions—are fortunately rare, largely unpredictable, and yet inevitable. Historic events such…
CHAPTER 14. Organ and Tissue Donation Nancy Bonalumi Every hour another person in the United States dies because of the lack of an organ to provide a lifesaving transplant. In…
CHAPTER 18. Nuclear, Biologic, and Chemical Agents of Mass Destruction Knox Andress WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION: THE THREAT Emergency nursing requires preparation for many types of disasters and mass casualty…
CHAPTER 1. Emergency NursingA Historical Perspective Vicki C. Patrick ORIGINS OF EMERGENCY NURSING Episodic illness and injury are part of the human experience. To care for one another is the…
CHAPTER 15. Palliative and End-of-Life Care in the Emergency Department Garrett K. Chan OVERVIEW OF PALLIATIVE AND END-OF-LIFE CARE Palliative care is a comprehensive and specialized way to approach patients…
CHAPTER 6. Research The continual infusion of new information gleaned from research findings and integrated into clinical nursing practice is an expectation in health care today. Clinical practice and patient…
CHAPTER 13. Family Presence During Resuscitation Jennifer Kingsnorth-Hinrichs Patient- and family-centered care is an essential aspect of emergency nursing. Nursing manages care from a holistic approach. 10.22. and 23. Emergency…
CHAPTER 8. Patient Assessment Rebecca A. Steinmann Patients present to the emergency department (ED) with every possible medical, surgical, traumatic, social, and behavioral health condition. Not only do emergency nurses…
CHAPTER 4. Approaching Diversity Anita Ruiz-Contreras As human beings, we are all diverse—each one of us is different from the other. As health care professionals, we care for patients who…
CHAPTER 2. Emergency Nursing Practice John Fazio DEFINITION OF NURSING Since nursing’s earliest beginnings, concepts central to the focus of nursing have included person, health, environment, and nursing. 13 Florence…
