Reviewers Foreword Rebecca S. McNair, RN, CEN Preface ~A Heartfelt Thank You~ Acknowledgments Part I SETTING THE STAGE FOR SUCCESS AT TRIAGE 1. Orienting to Triage Lynn Sayre Visser 2. Precepting at Triage Lynn Sayre Visser 3. Tips for Success at Triage Lynn Sayre Visser and Anna Sivo Montejano 4. Personal Awareness for the Triage Nurse Anna Sivo Montejano 5. Triage Competency Shelley Cohen Part II POINT-OF-ENTRY PROCESSES IN TRIAGE NURSING 6. The Patient Arrival Anna Sivo Montejano 7.
The Patient Experience in Triage Nursing Lynn Sayre Visser 8. Legal Concerns in Triage Nursing Deb Jeffries Part III NURSING ESSENTIALS FOR EFFECTIVE TRIAGE 9. Triage Acuity Scales Deb Jeffries 10. Triage Documentation Rebecca S. McNair 11. Time-Sensitive Medical Conditions Lynn Sayre Visser Part IV CURRENT TRENDS IMPACTING TRIAGE NURSING 12. Urgent Care Triage Valerie Aarne Grossman 13. Electronic Medical Record Considerations Dawn Friedly Gray 14.
Provider in Triage Lynn Sayre Visser 15. Advanced Triage Protocols Dawn Friedly Gray Part V "RED FLAG" PATIENT PRESENTATIONS 16. Introduction to "Red Flag" Presentations Lynn Sayre Visser 17. Respiratory Emergencies Polly Gerber Zimmermann and Lynn Sayre Visser 18. Cardiac Emergencies Polly Gerber Zimmermann 19. Neurological Emergencies Reneé Semonin Holleran 20. Abdominal Emergencies Polly Gerber Zimmermann and Lynn Sayre Visser 21. Obstetric and Gynecological Emergencies Lynn Sayre Visser and Polly Gerber Zimmermann 22.
Behavioral Health Emergencies Anna Sivo Montejano 23. Ocular Emergencies Anna Sivo Montejano and Lynn Sayre Visser 24. Musculoskeletal Emergencies Reneé Semonin Holleran 25. Endocrine Emergencies Dawn Friedly Gray 26. Environmental Emergencies Anna Sivo Montejano 27. Trauma Emergencies Reneé Semonin Holleran 28. Infectious Presentations Anna Sivo Montejano and Lynn Sayre Visser Part VI SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS IN TRIAGE NURSING 29. Special Populations in Triage Anna Sivo Montejano 30.
Pediatric Triage Deb Jeffries 31. Older Adult Triage Anna Sivo Montejano 32. Pain Management at Triage Reneé Semonin Holleran 33. Patient and Staff Safety Anna Sivo Montejano 34. Case Studies in Triage Nursing Anna Sivo Montejano and Lynn Sayre Visser Part VII DISASTER SITUATIONS IN TRIAGE NURSING 35. Emergency Management: A Triage Nurse's Guide for When Disaster Strikes Erik Angle 36. Active Shooter or Active Violence Erik Angle Abbreviations Appendix A: Resources Appendix B: Triage Competency Validation Form Appendix C: Sample Triage Education and Competency Plan Appendix D: Sample Triage Retrospective Chart Review Audit Form Appendix E: Disaster Triage Tag Additional Reading Index.