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Long-Bone Fracture Pain Management in the Emergency Department
May 2012 (Vol. 38 | No. 3 | Pages 211-217)
Ptlene Minick, Patricia C. Clark, Jo Ann Dalton, Eva Horne, Debbie Greene, Monica Brown
Emergency Nurses' Perceived Barriers to Demonstrating Caring When Managing Adult Patients' Pain
May 2012 (Vol. 38 | No. 3 | Pages 218-225)
Cheryl L. Bergman
Correlation Between ED Symptoms and Clinical Outcomes in the Patient with Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
May 2012 (Vol. 38 | No. 3 | Pages 226-233)
Kristin Adkins, Elizabeth Crago, Chien-Wen J. Kuo, Michael Horowitz, Paula Sherwood

Guidelines for Care of Children in the Emergency Department

This checklist is based on the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), and Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) 2009 joint policy statement, Guidelines for Care of Children in the Emergency Department. Use the checklist to determine if your emergency department (ED) is prepared to care for children.

Knowledge Assessment and Preparation for the Certified Emergency Nurses Examination
17 May 2012
S. Kay Sedlak
With the current emphasis on credentialing in nursing, many nurses have committed to taking the CEN examination. The following questions have been developed to assist in the emergency nursing knowledg...
Advanced Cardiac Life Support: What's New, What's Old?
17 May 2012
Jamie M. Rosini, Meredith K. Hollinger
Approximately 300,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur in the United States each year. The American Heart Association (AHA) supports implementation of the “chain of survival” to rescue people who...
How to Manage the Patient in the Emergency Department with a Left Ventricular Assist Device
17 May 2012
Patricia Anne Kroekel, Leena George, Noha Eltoukhy
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 5.8 million persons in the United States have heart failure, with 670,000 new patients diagnosed each year. Not all of these patients are ...
Emergency Nurses' Perception of Department Design as an Obstacle to Providing End-of-Life Care
17 May 2012
Renea L. Beckstrand, Ryan J. Rasmussen, Karlen E. Luthy, Sondra Heaston
Introduction: Of the 119.2 million visits to the emergency department in 2006, it was estimated that about 249,000 visits resulted in the patient dying or being pronounced dead on arrival. In 2 nation...
Moving an Emergency Department: Lessons Learned
17 May 2012
Patricia Kunz Howard, Penne Allison, Matthew Proud, Roger Humphries
The transition to a new emergency department is challenging. Increased volume, operational efficiency, patient flow, and new concepts in physical design complicate planning for emergency care areas. P...

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