Product Code: 120910
Fast Facts for Trauma Nursing
This new resource highlights the unique physiological and psychological needs of the trauma patient while considering how social determinants of health can bear on trauma in individuals. It also focuses on the maintenance of spinal precautions, preventing secondary brain injuries, and monitoring patients for complications of trauma, including acute kidney injury, adult respiratory distress syndrome, compartment syndrome and rhabdomyolysis. With its clear narrative and easy-to-access design and format, this new book will appeal to all levels of nurses who care for trauma patients along with those studying for specialized trauma certification exams. Purchase includes online access via most mobile devices or computers.
Key Features:
- Delivers--in quick-access format--information nurses can put to use immediately
- Highlights key trauma care knowledge and its practical applications
- Offers key guidelines of what and how to communicate with trauma care providers
- Provides an overview of specific requirements for hospitals to maintain trauma center status
ISBN #: 9780826160942
Authors: D. Carpenter and A. Menard
