ER Nurse Quick Book: A Pocket Clinical Reference for the New Emergency Vitals, Labs, EKG, ACLS, Drips, Sepsis, Stroke, Trauma & More

Survive your first shifts. Master your worst ones. The ER moves fast. New grad emergency nurses, nurse residency students, and travel nurses orienting to a new department need clinical information at their fingertips - not buried in a textbook. The ER Nurse Quick Book is a pocket-sized clinical reference designed to live in your scrub pocket, on your badge clip, or beside your brain sheet. Written by an emergency nurse with MHA, BSN, RN, and CEN credentials, this 64-page color-coded reference gives you the protocols, drugs, and numbers you need - fast. WHAT'S INSIDE (15 SECTIONS): FOUNDATIONS - Shift mindset, first 15 minutes of shift, SBAR hand-off template, charting cheat codes, pre-discharge checklist ASSESSMENT - Adult & pediatric vitals, geriatric considerations, head-to-toe rapid assessment, AVPU, GCS, BE FAST, pain scales (Numeric, FLACC, Wong-Baker, PQRST) TRIAGE - ESI Levels 1-5, red flag chief complaints, chest pain triage, pediatric fever triage LABS & DIAGNOSTICS - Critical lab values (electrolytes, troponin, lactate, BNP, D-dimer), ABG interpretation with >CARDIAC - EKG rhythm recognition (NSR through V-fib, PEA, asystole), STEMI localization & lead mapping, MONA-B for ACS, ACLS algorithms, heart failure, hypertensive crisis >NEURO - Stroke protocol, tPA criteria, seizure/status epilepticus, altered mental status workup (AEIOU TIPS) SEPSIS & SHOCK - Sepsis 1-hour bundle, qSOFA, shock types, vasopressor selection guide TRAUMA - ABCDE primary survey, AMPLE secondary survey, massive transfusion protocol, burn assessment (Rule of 9s, Parkland formula) TOXICOLOGY - Overdoses & antidotes, toxidromes (cholinergic, anticholinergic, opioid, sympathomimetic), CIWA OB / PEDS / PSYCH - OB emergencies, peds code doses per kg, psychiatric holds & de-escalation MEDICATIONS - Code drugs, common ER meds, vasopressor drips, sedation drips, antibiotics, reversal agents PROCEDURES - IV access tips, foley/NG/OG, wound care, splinting FORMULAS - MAP, anion gap, peds weight, Parkland, drip rates, ETT sizing, common abbreviations, fillable phone numbers SELF-CARE - After-a-bad-shift reset, new grad affirmations PERFECT FOR: - New graduate ER nurses - Nurse residency / preceptorship programs - Nursing students on ED clinical rotations - Travel nurses orienting to a new emergency department - Tech-to-RN transitions into the ER >BOOK DETAILS: - 64 pages - Pocket size (6 × 9 inches) - Color-coded section tabs for fast flipping - Bleed-edge tabs visible from page edge - Quick-reference tables, algorithms, and red-flag callouts throughout >Educational reference only - always follow your facility's protocols and provider orders. From ClinicalGridER - built by nurses, for nurses.

Pagina's: 66, Paperback, Independently published