ED Nursing 1999 Index
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Abuse
Tips to help you detect elder abuse, AUG:122
Accreditation
Conscious sedation: Here's how to comply with JCAHO, FEB:58
Airway management
Cutting-edge concepts for airway management, JUN:110
Alternative therapies
Bring alternative medicine to your ED, MAY:95
Herbal remedies and dangerous side effects: Fact or fiction? MAY:89
How to apply these alternative approaches, MAY:93
Navapache Regional Medical Center Therapeutic Touch Policy, MAY: 94
Asthma
Are you up-to-date on asthma treatments? MAR:66
Asthma Explorers Calendar; MAR:Supplement
Asthma IQ test, MAR; supplement
Asthma Student Action Information, MAR:70
Eight asthma myths you need to recognize, MAR:66
Emergency department targets pediatric asthma, MAR:69
Environmental Preventions for Asthma, MAR:72
Overhauled asthma guidelines: The way you care for patients will be revamped, MAR:61
Pediatric asthma tracking forms, MAR:Supplement
Seven questions to ask your patients about asthma, MAR:67
Which asthma patients should be admitted? MAR:65
Congestive heart failure
CHF clinics can impact care in your ED, OCT:149
ED nurses should know which therapies to use, OCT:148
Educate CHF patients about home management, OCT:146
New drugs, research will change the way you manage CHF patients, OCT:143
Nurses: Try these tips for CHF management, OCT:147
Conscious sedation
Conscious sedation flowsheet; JUL:Supplement
Conscious sedation: Here's how to comply with JCAHO, FEB:58
Sedation flowsheet facilitates compliance, JUL:119
Deep vein thrombosis
Criteria for DVT outpatient management, JUL:118
Do you know how to assess patients for DVT? JUL:117
Home DVT treatment, JUL:118
Nurses: New anticoagulants used in ED will revamp treatment of DVT places, JUL:113
Documentation
Create a trauma flow sheet, MAY:96
Do's and don'ts of evidence collection, JUN:106
Sedation flowsheet facilitates compliance, JUL:119
Forms
Acute myocardial infarction and ischemic heart disease protocols, JUL:Supplement
Bronchiolitis Home Instruction Sheet, DEC:Supplement
Conscious sedation flowsheet, JUL:Supplement
Emergency trauma flow sheet, MAY:Supplement
Guidelines for the management of bronchiolitis in the emergency department at The Children's Hospital, DEC:15
Navapache Regional Medical Center Therapeutic touch policy, MAY:94
Nurse Screen and Provider Order Form, NOV: Supplement
Nurse Screen and Provider Order Form Guidelines, NOV: Supplement
Pediatric asthma tracking forms, MAR:Supplement
Screening tests for alcoholism and drug abuse, APR:Supplement
Geriatrics
Are thrombolytics, beta blockers risky? AUG:123
Don't underestimate the danger of falls, AUG:125
Elderly patient numbers are up — You'll need your detective cap, AUG:119
How to meet the needs of elderly trauma victims, AUG:124
Mental status exam should be thorough, AUG:121
The difference between delirium and dementia, AUG:122
Tips to help you detect elder abuse, AUG:122
Headaches
Ask these questions at triage, JAN:35
Differential diagnosis of headache, JAN:40
Do you know how to tell which headaches are life-threatening? JAN:33
Headache myths revealed: Unravel some common misconceptions, JAN:38
Know the differences of primary and secondary headaches, JAN:36
Types of headache in the ED, JAN:40
Heat-related illnesses
Quickly cool off heat stroke patients, AUG:130
Infection
Antibiotic-resistant strains, FEB:51
Are you putting children through unnecessary trauma in your ED? DEC:13
Common agents seen in the ED, FEB:52
Controversy: Bronchodilators for RSV patients? DEC:18
Do you know how to manage infectious diseases in your ED? FEB:49
Here are hot tips for management of RSV, DEC:19
How to prevent transmission of RSV, DEC:20
Infectious disease update: Here's what you'll be seeing this winter, NOV:6
Is it pertussis or RSV? Here's how to tell, DEC:20
Know RSV medications: Here is what's new, DEC:17
Limit antibiotic use, NOV:9
Protect yourself, FEB:53
Strep pneumonia is becoming more resistant to antibiotics, NOV:8
Streptococcal disease: Watch for both Groups A and B, NOV:8
Update on drug resistant TB, NOV:9
Joint Commission
Sedation flowsheet facilitates compliance, JUL:119
Labor
Are you ready to deliver a baby in your ED? JAN:43
Six questions to ask a woman in labor, JAN:44
TABS procedure for newborn resuscitation, JAN:45
Medications
Address Viagra risks during triage, SEP:136
Are thrombolytics, beta blockers risky? AUG:123
Be prepared for prescription drug reactions, OCT:151
Be sure you know the side effects of Viagra, SEP:135
Do you know side effects of the newest drugs, OCT:153
Nitrate therapy, Viagra don't mix, SEP:135
Viagra side effects range from headaches to heart attack, SEP:131
When SSRIs are discontinued, NOV:10
New products
Be the first to know about drug testing device, MAR:72
How to use OnTrak Test Cup ER, MAR:73
MedicAlert jewelry can speed assessment, JUN:108
Pain management
Distract children during painful procedures, JUL:124
Patient handouts
Asthma Explorers calendar; MAR:Supplement
Asthma IQ test, MAR:Supplement
Asthma Student Action Information, MAR:70
Environmental Preventions for Asthma, MAR:72
Pediatric asthma tracking forms, MAR:Supplement
Pediatrics
Are you putting children through unnecessary trauma in your ED? DEC:13
Asthma Student Action information, MAR:70
Calculate ET tube size, MAR:75
Controversy: Bronchodilators for RSV patients? DEC:18
Distract children during painful procedures, JUL:124
Emergency department targets pediatric asthma, MAR:69
Here are hot tips for management of RSV, DEC:19
How to prevent transmission of RSV, DEC:20
Is it pertussis or RSV? Here's how to tell, DEC:20
Know RSV medications: Here is what's new, DEC:17
Nurses: Bring color-coded equipment to your ED, SEP:139
Pediatric asthma fatalities put caregivers on red alert, MAR:75
Pediatric asthma tracking forms, MAR:Supplement
Share these tips on car seats with parents, SEP:139
Warning: Air bag can kill child in front seat, SEP:138
What to tell parents about car restraints, SEP:136
Poisoning
Prewarm activated charcoal, JAN:47
Prevention and safety
Are you prepared for winter sports injuries? FEB:54
Share these tips on car seats with parents, SEP:139
Sled riding safety, FEB:55
Warning: Air bag can kill child in front seat, SEP:138
What to tell parents about car restraints, SEP:136
Rabies
Excerpt from CDC guidelines on Human Rabies Prevention, NOV:Supplement
Follow new rabies guidelines, or you may overuse or misuse vaccines, NOV:1
Patient handout: Animal Bite at Risk for Rabies, NOV:3
Risk management
Cope with challenges presented by patients who return repeatedly to the ED, FEB:56
Delegating tasks: Know the legal risks, DEC:22
Reduce your risks with policies, procedures, OCT:151
Tips in risk management: What you need to know (Part 1), SEP:141
Tips in risk management: What you need to know (Part 2), OCT:150
When a partner is at risk from HIV-positive patient, MAR:74
You need to know these high-risk areas, DEC:22
Seizure
Are you familiar with these 8 seizure myths? APR:87
Revamp how you address seizures — 4 new treatments, APR:86
Sexual assault
Are sexual assault victims getting the proper treatment in your ED? JUN:101
Do's and don'ts of evidence collection, JUN:106
Stay informed about date rape drugs, JUN:105
Staffing
Checklist: Characteristics of an impaired nurse, APR:81
Delegating tasks can get you into trouble: Know legal risks, DEC:21
Do you work with an impaired nurse? ED nurses are at higher risk, APR:77
How to confront one of your colleagues, APR:82
New ENA survey reports on over 1,600 EDs, AUG:127
Nurses may also need sensitivity training, JUL:123
Plan for dealing with an impaired colleague, APR:85
Rapport with physicians brings peace to the ED, JUL:120
When you suspect a colleague is addicted, APR:79
Substance abuse
Administer fluids to intoxicated patients, FEB:60
Alternative programs can save your license, APR:83
Be the first to know about drug testing device, MAR:72
Checklist: Characteristics of an impaired nurse, APR:81
Cope with challenges presented by patients who return repeatedly to the ED, FEB:56
Do you work with an impaired nurse? ED nurses are at higher risk, APR:77
How to confront one of your colleagues, APR:82
Plan for dealing with an impaired colleague, APR:85
Screening tests for alcoholism and drug abuse; APR:Supplement
The latest research on abuse by nurses, APR:83
When you suspect a colleague is addicted, APR:79
Trauma
Create a trauma flow sheet, MAY:96
Emergency trauma flow sheet, MAY:Supplement
How to meet the needs of elderly trauma victims, AUG:124
Update on ACLS drugs, MAY:98
Triage
Use "order sets" to save time, DEC:24
Vaccination
Cutting-edge protocol available for vaccines, NOV:5
Excerpt from CDC guidelines on Human Rabies Prevention, NOV: Supplement
Follow new rabies guidelines, or you may overuse or misuse vaccines, NOV:1
Nurse Screen and Provider Order Form, NOV: Supplement
Nurse Screen and Provider Order Form Guidelines, NOV: Supplement
Patient handout: Animal bite at risk for rabies, NOV:3
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