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Trauma Nursing

From Resuscitation Through Rehabilitation

  • 4th Edition - July 9, 2008
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Karen A. McQuillan, Mary Beth Flynn Makic, Eileen Whalen
  • Language: English

Using the unique cycles of trauma framework, the 4th edition of this classic and highly acclaimed resource is thoroughly updated to bring you comprehensive coverage of cutting-edge… Read more

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Using the unique cycles of trauma framework, the 4th edition of this classic and highly acclaimed resource is thoroughly updated to bring you comprehensive coverage of cutting-edge research findings and current issues, trends, and controversies in trauma nursing. Detailed information guides you through all phases of care – from preventive care and the time of injury to the resuscitative, operative, critical, intermediate, and rehabilitative stages. Timely discussions on emerging topics such as mass casualty and rural trauma/telemedicine keep you up to date with the latest developments in the field. This practical, evidence-based reference is the most complete resource available for both novice and experienced trauma nurses working in a variety of care settings.

Key features

  • Comprehensive coverage includes practical, clinically relevant trauma information for nurses at all levels of knowledge and experience working in a variety of settings
  • Evidence-based content ensures that you are using the latest and most reliable information available to provide state-of-the-art care for trauma patients
  • A user-friendly format, logical organization, and helpful tables and illustrations help you find information quickly and clarify key concepts and procedures
  • Detailed information guides you through all phases of care – from preventive care and the time of injury to the resuscitative, operative, critical, intermediate, and rehabilitative stages
  • Special populations coverage prepares you to meet the unique needs of pregnant, pediatric, and elderly patients, as well as bariatric patients, burn victims, patients with substance abuse issues, and organ and tissue donors
  • A section on Clinical Management Concepts gives you a solid understanding of key issues affecting all patients regardless of their injury, including mechanism of injury, traumatic shock, patient/family psychosocial responses to trauma, pain management, wound healing, and nutrition

Readership

Trauma nurses in critical care and emergency

Table of contents

PART I: General Concepts in Trauma Nursing

1. Evolution of the Trauma Cycle

2. Economic and Administrative Issues in Trauma Care

3. Performance Improvement and Patient Safety in Trauma Care

4. Ethics in Trauma Nursing

5. Legal Concerns in Trauma Nursing

6. Injury Prevention

7. Prehospital Care of the Trauma Patient

8. Trauma in Rural Areas

9. Mass Casualty Incidents

10. Nursing Practice Through the Cycle of Trauma

11. Rehabilitation of the Trauma Patient

PART II: Clinical Management Concepts

12. Mechanism of Injury

13. Shock and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome

14. Initial Management of Traumatic Shock

15. Infection and Infection Control

16. Wound Healing and Soft Tissue Injuries

17. Metabolic and Nutritional Management of the Trauma Patient

18. Analgesia, Sedation, and Neuromuscular Blockade in the Trauma Patient

19. Psychosocial Impact of Trauma

PART III: Single System Injuries

20. Traumatic Brain Injuries

21. Maxillofacial Injuries

22. Ocular Injuries

23. Spinal Cord Injuries

24. Thoracic Injuries

25. Abdominal Injuries

26. Genitourinary Injuries and Renal Management

27. Musculoskeletal Injuries

PART IV: Unique Patient Populations

28. The Pregnant Trauma Patient

29. Pediatric Trauma

30. Trauma in the Elderly

31. Trauma in the Bariatric Patient

32. Burn Injuries

33. Substance Abuse and Trauma Care

34. The Organ and Tissue Donor

Review quotes

"The chapters are written in the language of science, but are as compelling as a good novel. The tables and figures are clear and references current....The chapters are full of universal principles and useful ideas." -Nursing Standard, April 8 2009

Product details

  • Edition: 4
  • Latest edition
  • Published: July 9, 2008
  • Language: English

About the authors

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Karen A. McQuillan

Affiliations and expertise
Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist, R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD

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Mary Beth Flynn Makic

Mary Beth Flynn Makic has more than 30 years of critical care experience in research, evidence-based practice, and clinical education. She is a Professor at the University of Colorado College of Nursing and Program Director for the Adult-Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist graduate program. She is also a Research Scientist at a Level I trauma center in Denver, Colorado. Dr. Makic achieved her BSN from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin. She completed her Masters of Science at the University of Maryland at Baltimore with a focus on trauma patient populations and the advanced practice role of a Clinical Nurse Specialist. Her PhD was conferred in 2007 by the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, Colorado. She is active locally and nationally in several professional organizations. She recently served on the Board of Directors for the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. She also serves on the editorial board of several critical care journals, has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, and is a successor co-author of two Elsevier books on nursing diagnosis. Dr. Makic is well known for her passion for improving patient outcomes and nursing practice through evidence-based practice.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, University of Colorado College of Nursing, Aurora, Colorado; Nurse Scientist, Denver Health, Denver, Colorado, USA

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Eileen Whalen

Affiliations and expertise
Vice President, Trauma, Emergency and Perioperative Services, University Medical Center, Tucson, AZ