Emergency Nursing Core Curriculum by ENA

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Synopsis

Whether you are a new or an experienced emergency nurse, you'll find that the Emergency Nursing Core Curriculum, 6th Edition is an essential tool for your practice. Authored by the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA), this highly-respected resource will help you build and verify your knowledge, develop practice standards, improve quality of care, and educate nursing staff as well as patients and families. The Emergency Nursing Core Curriculum, 6th Edition is also the ideal resource to help you prepare for the Certification for Emergency Nurses (CEN) exam.

• Authored by ENA, you can rely on this text to be the most authoritative and up-to-date resource available.
• The text's outline format and alphabetical listing of the Clinical Emergencies chapters mean you can find the information you need - fast!

• The most recent CEN examination content is included to ensure that you're prepared and confident.
• Nine new chapters incorporate the latest information about:
  • Triage
  • Complementary and Alternative Therapies
  • Cultural Dimensions and Emergency Nursing
  • End-of-Life Issues in the Emergency Department
  • Hemodynamic Monitoring
  • Hematologic/Oncologic Emergencies
  • Mechanism of Injury
  • Weapons of Mass Destruction
  • Forensic Nursing Practice
• A new unit on trauma emergencies reorganizes information from the previous edition to help you more easily find the facts you need.
• More illustrations and tables are included to enhance your understanding of key information.

Annotation

The book contains black-and-white illustrations.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer:Carla D Johnson, BSN (Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System)
Description:This book presents an emergency nursing core curriculum intended for use by nurses preparing to take the Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) exam. New topics in this updated edition include pandemic illness, end of life issues, and forensic evidence collection.
Purpose:The purpose is to provide emergency room nurses, whether new or seasoned, with information that will increase their knowledge base and skill level. Emergency nurses need this book to continue to keep up with the changes that occur constantly in this area of healthcare.
Audience:This book could be used by anyone, from students to seasoned nurses, and in fact, it contains valuable information that could be of benefit to physicians. Although intended for ER nurses, all nurses could use this book.
Features:The information is well laid out in an easy to use format, although the book needs more color art. I recently participated in a CEN seminar, but this book by far has more information of greater depth.
Assessment:This book is excellent. Reading this has increased my knowledge base 10-fold. This is an exceptional reference for anyone involved in emergency nursing.

Biography

Jordan, Kathleen Sanders, RN, MS, FNP (Mid-Atlantic Emergency Medicine Associates, Charlotte)