ER Nurse’s Ultimate Guide to Providing High-Quality Care

Are you an ER nurse looking for a comprehensive resource to provide safe, effective, and high-quality care to your patients? Look no further! This bestselling guide, updated with the latest guidelines from esteemed organizations such as the American Heart Association, Neonatal Resuscitation Program, and American Stroke Association, is the perfect companion for you.

What’s New in the Fourth Edition?

• New content on administering Alteplase, coronaviruses, decompression sickness, high altitude illness, human trafficking, influenza, lightning injuries, osteomyelitis, parasitic and insect infestations, post-birth warning signs, post-cardiac arrest care, rhabdomyolysis, status asthmaticus, and triage legal issues
• Updates on infectious disease emergencies, disaster response emergencies, environmental emergencies, and OB/GYN emergencies
• New information on fluid and electrolyte imbalance
• Shock and Multisystem Trauma divided into two expanded chapters
• Updated with useful tricks of the trade and ‘survival tips’
• New knowledge on street drugs including vaping, concentrated marijuana, and the opioid crisis

Key Features of This ER Nurse Guide

• Educates new ER nurses and their preceptors on the most common injuries and illnesses they will encounter
• Comes in handy pocket size for reference on the go
• Provides easy referral to equipment, medications, procedures, and specialty care
• Delivers hands-on teaching strategies for instructors

This guide presents the most current information on medications, street drugs, the opioid crisis, and intraosseous access in an easy-to-digest, bullet-point format. Chapters are replete with new case studies, updated photos, and time-tested tips. All chapters list relevant materials, equipment, and drugs, and each diagnosis includes its definition, causes, signs and symptoms, and interventions.

Helpful appendices display common abbreviations and lab values, EKG rhythms, frequently used medications, and updated alphabetized skills checklists for self-examination. Written by HHP Buettner, Jennifer R., RN, BSN, CEN, this guide is the ultimate resource for ER nurses looking to provide high-quality care to their patients.