Table of Contents
Unit I: Foundations of Emergency Nursing
1. Emergency Nursing: An Historical Perspective
2. Emergency Nursing Practice
3. Legal and Regulatory Constructs
4. Cultural Dimensions
Unit II: Professional Practice
5. Evidence-Based Practice
6. Research
Unit III: Clinical Foundations of Emergency Nursing
7. Triage
8. Patient Assessment
9. Air and Surface Patient Transport
10. Vascular Access and Fluid Replacement
11. Wound Management
12. Pain
13. Family Presence During Resuscitation - NEW!
14. Organ and Tissue Donation
15. Palliative and End of Life in the Emergency Department
16. Forensic Nursing in the Emergency Department - NEW!
17. Emergency Operations Preparedness
18. Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Agents of Mass Destruction - NEW!
19. Management of the Critical Care Patient in the Emergency Department - NEW!
Unit IV: Major Trauma Emergencies
20. Epidemiology of Trauma
21. Head Trauma
22. Spinal Trauma
23. Thoracic Trauma
24. Abdominal and Genitourinary Trauma
25. Orthopedic and Neurovascular Trauma
26. Burns
27. Maxillofacial Trauma
28. Pediatric Trauma
29. Obstetric Trauma
Unit V: Medical and Surgical Emergencies
30. Respiratory Emergencies
31. Cardiovascular Emergencies
32. Shock Emergencies
33. Neurologic Emergencies
34. Gastrointestinal Emergencies
35. Renal and Genitourinary Emergencies
36. Fluids and Electrolytes
37. Endocrine Emergencies
38. Infections and Communicable Diseases
39. Influenza: Seasonal, Avian, and Pandemic - NEW!
40. Environmental Emergencies
41. Hematologic and Oncologic Emergencies
42. Toxicologic Emergencies
43. Gynecologic Emergencies
44. Dental, Ear, Nose, Throat, and Facial Emergencies
45. Ocular Emergencies
Unit VI: Special Patient Populations
46. Obstetric Emergencies
47. Pediatric Emergencies
48. Child Abuse and Neglect
49. Intimate Partner Violence
50. Elder Abuse and Neglect
51. Behavioral Health Emergencies
52. Substance Abuse
53. Sexual Assault
