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Emergency Nurses Association Media Award
Media Award: Fast Facts for the Triage Nurse: An Orientation and Care Guide, 2nd Edition – Lynn Sayre Visser, MSN, RN, PHN, CEN, CPEN and Anna Montejano, DNP, RN, PHN, CEN, of California
1st Edition Winner of the AJN Book of the Year Award for Emergency/Critical Care Nursing
This authoritative orientation guide for new and seasoned nurses, preceptors, educators, management teams, urgent care staff, pre-hospital personnel, and anyone working in the triage arena presents essential information to access quickly and repeatedly. Patients rarely present to triage with a diagnosis, but rather convey a multitude of complaints, signs, and symptoms. It is the job of the triage nurse to identify serious “red flag” presentations hidden among all this information while delivering individualized care and juggling wait times in often overcrowded emergency departments.
Fast Facts for the Triage Nurse, Second Edition, retains its key focus on numerous aspects of triage for emergency department and urgent care settings, from orientation, to front-end processes, to clinical practice and nursing essentials. With real-life examples, the chapters detail a multitude of clinical presentations and include procedures and protocols that the triage nurse implements in daily practice. This newly revised and updated edition covers how to build confidence in the triage role, accurately assess patient presentations, reduce personnel and hospital liability, increase patient and staff satisfaction, and, ultimately, deliver quality patient care that supports best outcomes.
5 New Chapters in the Second Edition:
- Active Shooter/Active Violence
- Emergency Management for When Disaster Strikes
- Triage Competency
- Pain Management
- Endocrine Emergencies
Key Features:
- Covers essential clinical information in an easy-to-read format
- Focuses on processes, patient and staff safety, legalities, documentation, and critical thinking at triage
- Addresses specific patient populations including pediatric, older adult, human trafficking, military personnel, and more
- Offers guidance from seasoned emergency department nurses and triage educators
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