Nursing Emergencies

Improve your Critical Care

Manage patients in crisis with confidence

Learn how to anticipate and manage the 5 most common nursing emergencies:

Cardiac • Pulmonary • Endocrine • Renal • Neurologic

Nursing is changing rapidly. More than ever, nurses are being asked to care for acutely ill patients, often using unfamiliar technology

Now is the time to learn more about nursing emergencies and how to identify problems and respond quickly!

Nursing Emergencies will help you manage patients in crisis with confidence. The focus is on helping you prevent, detect, and rapidly respond to crises in even your sickest patients.

Nursing Emergencies will help you to:

Decrease complications by using prevention strategies
Rapidly detect problems in their early stages
Implement prompt action to decrease complications

Objectives

Match etiologies with the corresponding cardiac emergencies in the comprehensive assessment
Explain how cardiac compensatory mechanisms can worsen cardiac function using the matching tool
Compare and contrast the functional defects caused by common respiratory emergencies
Assess and identify pulmonary disorders using a comprehensive assessment
Compare and contrast common disorders of glucose control using a comparison chart
Choose appropriate emergency care for thyroid storm using the comprehensive assessment
Be able to identify etiologies for adrenal insufficiency in Med-Surg patients on the comprehensive assessment
Compare and contrast symptom presentation in acute and chronic renal disorders on the comprehensive assessment
Identify common drugs that can cause nephrotoxicity from a list
Evaluate treatment priorities for ischemic stroke using priority questioning
Choose strategies to preserve maximal renal function on the comprehensive assessment
Compare and contrast symptoms of increased intracranial pressure with those from other neurological disorders by matching appropriate terms with definitions
Differentiate care for the seizure patient on the comprehensive assessment

Nursing Emergencies teaches non-invasive methods of evaluating your patient’s clinical status and gives you practical advice on monitoring your patient and intervening promptly. A “Quick Check” assessment and a comparison chart is included with each section for easy problem identification.

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Content

Cardiac

Acute coronary syndrome
Pericarditis
Heart failure
Cardiogenic shock
Cardiac tamponade

Pulmonary

Pulmonary embolism
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
Pulmonary edema
Pneumothorax
Pneumonia

Endocrine

Diabetic ketoacidosis
Hyperglycemic, hyperosmolar syndrome
Hypoglycemia
Thyroid storm
Adrenal insufficiency

Renal

Acute renal failure
Chronic renal failure
Drug-induced nephrotoxicity
Renal stones
Glomerulonephritis

Neurologic

Transient ischemic attacks
Stroke
Intracranial bleed
Increased intracranial pressure
Seizures

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This activity has been submitted to the Ohio Nurses Association for approval to award contact hours. The Ohio Nurses Association is accredited as an approver of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. (OBN-001-91)