ED Nursing 2000 Index
ED Nursing 2000 Index
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Abuse
A domestic violence working tool for health care providers, AUG: Supplement
Ask questions in a private place, AUG:124
Domestic Violence patient education sheet, OCT:Supplement
Domestic violence screening/documentation form, AUG:Supplement
Do you selectively screen for victims of domestic violence, AUG:121
Implementation of a domestic violence protocol, AUG:Supplement
Minimal elements of a domestic violence protocol, AUG:121
Screening for domestic violence: ED/Urgent Care, AUG:Supplement
Suggested screening questions, AUG:Supplement
Ambulatory payment classifications (APCs)
Here are key points to know about APCs, JUL:113
Here are procedures you can bill separately, JUL:113
How APCs will change the way you document, JUL:111
Assessment
Ask questions in a private place, AUG:124
Assess obese patients for cardiac conditions, JUN:101
Assess patients’ reading levels, OCT:157
Use NIH stroke scale to assess patients, MAR:61
Use these tools to assess pain, MAR:59
Cardiovascular
A guide to the international ACLS algorithms, NOV:3
AHA supports family presence, NOV:15
Become familiar with these new cardiac drugs, NOV:13
Biphasic waveforms spawn excitement, controversy: NOV:10
Comprehensive ECC algorithm, NOV:6
Congestive heart failure, patient education sheet, OCT:Supplement
Course covers ACLS for experienced providers, NOV:11
ED nurses need to know these 2 drug categories, NOV:14
Here are 5 steps you must take now, NOV:7
ILCOR ACLS algorithm, NOV:6
Update on goals for fibrinolytic therapy, NOV:11
Ways to improve prehospital care, NOV:12
Conscious sedation
Protocol for conscious sedation/deep sedation/pain management, MAR:58
Disaster management
Could you decontaminate hundreds of patients? JUL:109
EDs should stockpile these antidotes, JUL:111
NBC incidents: Know these terms, JUL:111
New CDC bioterrorism guidelines: Take steps to update your disaster plan, JUL:105
Watch for patterns of symptoms in the ED, JUL:110
Your bioterrorism plan must include 10 items, JUL:107
Documentation
Here’s what you need to document, OCT:151
How APCs will change the way you document, JUL:111
Domestic violence
A domestic violence working tool for health care providers, AUG:Supplement
Ask questions in a private place, AUG:124
Domestic Violence patient education sheet, OCT:Supplement
Domestic violence screening/documentation form, AUG:Supplement
Do you selectively screen for victims of domestic violence, AUG:121
Implementation of a domestic violence protocol, AUG:Supplement
Minimal elements of a domestic violence protocol, AUG:121
Screening for domestic violence: ED/Urgent Care, AUG:Supplement
Suggested screening questions, AUG:Supplement
Family presence
AHA supports family presence, NOV:15
Anonymous medical research survey: Do parents want to be present during procedures performed on children in the ED? JAN:35
Family presence update: What parents want, JAN:33
How to convince peers to try family presence, JAN:34
Forms
Emergency information form for children with special needs, MAY:87
Geriatrics
Improve pain assessment for elderly patients, NOV:15
Guidelines
ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with acute myocardial infarction: 1999 Update: Revisions and additions to recommendations, APR:Supplement
Acute myocardial infarction guidelines: Update the way you treat patients, APR:65
A guide to the international ACLS algorithms, NOV:3
Comprehensive ECC algorithm, NOV:6
Don’t use outdated treatments: Follow current overdose guidelines: MAY:77
General management of the poisoned patient: MAY:81
Here are five steps you must take now, NOV:7
ILCOR ACLS algorithm, NOV:6
New cardiovascular guidelines are here: You’ll be amazed at the options, NOV:1
New CDC bioterrorism guidelines: Take steps to update your disaster plan, JUL:105
No. 1 recommendation: Confirm tube placement, NOV:9
Nursing guidelines for thrombolytic therapy, JUN:Supplement
Revamp your AMI protocol with new guidelines, APR:70
Supplement to the guidelines for the management of transient ischemic attacks (excerpt), JAN:27
Use Flowchart to Comply with New AMI Guidelines, APR:66
Internet
Access this site for clinical guidelines, SEP:146
Emergency Nursing World: Forum for ED nurses, JAN:38
Joint Commission
Can you still use med/surg standards? OCT:153
Does Joint Commission OK patient tracking boards? MAY:91
Enforcing one-hour rule generates controversy, OCT:153
Here are key changes in restraint standards, OCT:154
Here are key points of new standards, MAR:56
Here’s what you need to document, OCT:151
Joint Commission’s, HCFA’s standards now match, OCT:152
Out of compliance with standards? You must assess and treat pain quicker, MAR:53
Use protocols to comply with new standards, MAR:57
Use these tools to assess pain, MAR:59
Warning! Surveyors won’t hold back in evaluating new restraint standards, OCT:149
Labor
Address emotional trauma of post-mortem C-sections, JUL:116
Are you prepared to handle a post-mortem C-section? JUL:114
Pregnant trauma patients need special attention, JUL:116
Medications
Are your patients at risk for medication errors? Here’s how to avoid mistakes, SEP:133
Avoid errors with these tools, SEP:139
Become familiar with these new cardiac drugs, NOV:13
Conscious sedation quick reference dosing chart, SEP:140
Contraindication for cathartics, MAY:80
Dosage chart for TNKase, SEP:133
ED nurses need to know these 2 drug categories, NOV:14
EDs should stockpile these antidotes, JUL:111
Here are four ways to safely store meds, SEP:137
Here’s an antidote you should know about, JUL:117
Here’s a new thrombolytic you should know about, SEP:142
Improve access to information, SEP:137
Infusion rate charts for nitroglycerin and norepinephrine, SEP:Supplement
It’s time to put TNKase to work, SEP:Supplement
Know new medications for transient ischemic attacks, JAN:30
New meds available for myocardial infarction, APR:68
Rapid-sequence induction in the adult ED patient with suspected head injury, SEP:139
Use protocols and checklists wisely, SEP:136
You should know risks of tenecteplase, SEP:143
Myocardial infarction
ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with acute myocardial infarction: 1999 Update: Revisions and additions to recommendations, APR:Supplement
Acute myocardial infarction guidelines: Update the way you treat patients, APR:65
Here’s a new thrombolytic you should know about, SEP:142
It’s time to put TNKase to work, SEP:Supplement
New meds available for myocardial infarction, APR:68
Revamp your AMI protocol with new guidelines, APR:70
Symptoms to watch for in women with MIs, AUG:127
Update on goals for fibrinolytic therapy, NOV:11
Use flowchart to comply with new AMI guidelines, APR:66
You should know risks of tenecteplase, SEP:143
Needlesticks
ED flowchart for occupational exposure, APR:72
More needleless products available on the market, JAN:45
New regs require safer needle devices: Is your ED out of compliance? FEB:41
Occupational exposure checklist: APR:73
Update: Federal bill to reduce needlestick injuries, JAN:43
Use packet to treat occupational exposure, APR:71
Nursing shortage
Are nurses leaving your ED in record numbers? Act now to reduce your vacancy rates, DEC:17
Avoid short staffing: Overhire nurses, DEC:21
Bring disabled nurses back to work in the ED, MAR:63
Survey: Nurses want tuition and flex schedules, DEC:22
Obesity
Assess obese patients for cardiac conditions, JUN:101
Do you know how to safely treat obese patients? JUN:100
Examine obese patients for these risk factors, JUN:102
Morbidly obese patients: Here’s what to expect, JUN:101
Overdoses
Call poison center for overdose info, MAY:86
Contraindication for cathartics, MAY:80
Don’t use outdated treatments: Follow current overdose guidelines: MAY:77
General management of the poisoned patient: MAY:81
Here are symptoms to watch for, JUL:118
Here’s an antidote you should know about, JUL:117
In an overdose, treat the patient, not the poison: MAY:80
Pain management
Here are key points of new standards, MAR:56
Improve pain assessment for elderly patients, NOV:15
Out of compliance with standards? You must assess and treat pain quicker, MAR:53
Protocol for conscious sedation/deep sedation/pain management, MAR:58
Use protocols to comply with new standards, MAR:57
Use these tools to assess pain, MAR:59
Patient education
Abdominal pain, patient education sheet, OCT:Supplement
Assess patients’ reading levels, OCT:157
Congestive heart failure, patient education sheet, OCT:Supplement
Domestic Violence patient education sheet, OCT:Supplement
Do patients read your educational tools? OCT:154
ED discharge instructions, patient education sheet, OCT:Supplement
Educate stroke patients to come in early, AUG:131
Fractures patient education sheet, OCT:Supplement
Grief patient education sheet, OCT:Supplement
Injury prevention for older adults patient education sheet, OCT:Supplement
Pediatrics
Are you prepared for an abandoned baby? AUG:128
Emergency information form for children with special needs, MAY:87
Nurses should know their state’s law, AUG:130
Try oral dehydration for pediatric patients, FEB:52
Use this form to ID children with special needs, MAY:86
You need a policy for abandoned babies, AUG:129
Post-mortem C-section
Address emotional trauma of post-mortem C-sections, JUL:116
Are you prepared to handle a post-mortem C-section? JUL:114
Pregnant trauma patients need special attention, JUL:116
Products
More needleless products available on the market, JAN:45
Protocols
Emergency department t-PA therapy for acute stroke standing orders, JUN:Supplement
EMLA cream protocol, MAR:Supplement
Flowchart for transient ischemic attack, JAN:32
General guidelines for nursing management, JUN:Supplement
General management of the poisoned patient: MAY:81
Here’s a sample stroke protocol, JUN:98
NIH stroke scale and scoring guidelines, MAR:Supplement
Protocol for conscious sedation/deep sedation/pain management, MAR:58
Renal colic protocol, MAR:Supplement
Transient ischemic attack protocol, JAN:Supplement
Revamp your AMI protocol with new guidelines, APR:70
Use protocols and checklists wisely, SEP:136
Radiology
Digital X-rays are coming: Here’s what to expect, FEB:47
Get ready for digital X-rays: Here are the benefits, FEB:46
Make X-rays easier for trauma patients, OCT:159
Regulations
Are you prepared for an abandoned baby? AUG:128
New regs require safer needle devices: Is your ED out of compliance? FEB: 41
Nurses should know their state’s law, AUG:130
Update: Federal bill to reduce needlestick injuries, FEB:43
You need a policy for abandoned babies, AUG:128
Restraint
Can you still use med/surg standards? OCT:153
18 ideas to reduce need for restraints, DEC:27
Enforcing one-hour rule generates controversy, OCT:153
Here are key changes in restraint standards, OCT:154
Here’s what you need to document, OCT:151
Joint Commission’s, HCFA’s standards now match, OCT:152
Try these alternatives to using restraints, DEC:23
Warning! Surveyors won’t hold back in evaluating new restraint standards, OCT:149
Ring removal
Remove rings without cutters, MAY:92
Risk management
Are your patients at risk for medication errors? Here’s how to avoid mistakes, SEP:133
Staffing issues
Are nurses leaving your ED in record numbers? Act now to reduce your vacancy rates, DEC: 17
Avoid short staffing: Overhire nurses, DEC:21
Bring disabled nurses back to work in the ED, MAR:63
Survey: Nurses want tuition and flex schedules, DEC:22
Stroke
Brain attack inservice (EMS), JUN:96
ED is the future of stroke treatment: Are your practices up to par? JUN:93
Educate stroke patients to come in early, AUG:131
Emergency department t-PA therapy for acute stroke standing orders, JUN:Supplement
Flowchart for transient ischemic attack, JAN:32
General guidelines for nursing management, JUN:Supplement
Here’s a sample stroke protocol, JUN:98
How to reduce delays when seconds count? JUN:95
Know new medications for transient ischemic attacks, JAN:30
Know the warning signs of stroke, AUG:Supplement
NIH stroke scale and scoring guidelines, MAR:Supplement
Nursing guidelines for thrombolytic therapy, JUN:Supplement
Prevent strokes with ED work-up, JAN:31
Supplement to the guidelines for the management of transient ischemic attacks (excerpt), JAN:27
Thrombolytic therapy in acute ischemic stroke protocol, JUN:Supplement
t-PA should be given in the ED, study says, JUN:97
Transient ischemic attack guidelines will change how you treat patients, JAN:25
Transient ischemic attack protocol, JAN:Supplement
Update on goals for fibrinolytic therapy, NOV:11
Use NIH stroke scale to assess patients, MAR:61
What are the risk factors of stroke? AUG:Supplement
Stress
Don’t hesitate to ask for help, SEP:146
Is it possible you suffer from secondary trauma? SEP:144
Technology
Digital X-rays are coming: Here’s what to expect, FEB:47
Get ready for digital X-rays: Here are the benefits, FEB:46
More needleless products available on the market, FEB:45
Trauma
Don’t hesitate to ask for help, SEP:146
Is it possible you suffer from secondary trauma? SEP:144
Make X-rays easier for trauma patients, OCT:159
Pregnant trauma patients need special attention, JUL:116
Violent patients
Try these alternatives to using restraints, DEC:23
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