I'm an RN looking to move into the area of Emergency Nursing and looking to purchase a text to do basic study from. Can someone please recommend the most popular or well used text in this area? Thanks, Ben.
2007-04-09 18:26:17 · 8 answers · asked by benedwar 2 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ First Aid
Make sure you know your ACLS well and review or take a course in critical care. The best clinical teaching experience would be having backround in ICU or cardiac tele.
But any books geared towards CCRN, Emergency RN, or Paramedic skills would be good practice review.
2007-04-10 14:49:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well depending on where you live, usually there is a Registered Nurse, or a Registered Practical Nurse. A Practical nurse can administer medication to a patient in a hospital, probably give needles, help a patient out to get comfortable and do rounds in a hospital, on different floors. The Registered Nurse can do more such as start I.V's changing in depth dressings, characterizations and so on. Usually you just go to school to be a nurse which is usually a four year program, then once you start doing your practical part in the hospital as part of you education you may find where you like working, Usually when you get hired at a hospital then you can move around to different areas and decide where it is that you want to be, maybe in labor and delivery, maybe surgery, maybe pediatrics, who knows. Good Luck!
2016-05-21 04:35:58 · answer #2 · answered by antoinette 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I first passed my NCLEX I purchased a book called "Nurse In A Can" which has 2-3 sections about Emergency Medicine and Procedures (along with a lot of other quick references). I would do my best to find it, since it doesn't seem to be around anymore.
If you stop by Borders or Barnes & Noble, they have a LOAD of books in their Health and Medicine section which I like to just sit in there and read up on (since there are always new things coming out).
2007-04-10 14:23:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mosby has some very good books dealing with emergency nursing. I know that Barnes and Noble carries them. I think Borders does too.
You can do a search for "Mosby" on the web and when you get to the site, look for a book that would be good for you.
As an EMT, I mainly use Mosby textbooks. They are what I used when I was in EMT school and I still reference them now.
2007-04-10 02:59:03 · answer #4 · answered by emt_me911 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you use internet that you needn't to buy the books and you can search the words "Emergency Nursing", so you can find it. It's fast and save your economy.... Good luck for new job !!!
2007-04-10 02:07:03 · answer #5 · answered by Diana 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try some of the EMT or Paramedic textbooks
2007-04-10 02:02:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only experience in an ER can suffice
2007-04-09 23:52:04 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try here.
2007-04-09 18:43:44 · answer #8 · answered by TedEx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋