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Focus On: Trauma

Trauma nursing encompasses the skills and knowledge associated with critical care, emergency care, medical-surgical nursing, psychiatry, and sometimes even obstetrics and pediatrics. Explore this collection of articles – review some of the basics, go over management recommendations, fine tune your knowledge of specific injuries, including traumatic brain injury, and understand associated psychosocial issues. Leave us a comment – about an article, or about yourself or your experiences – we'd like to hear from you!


Lisa M. Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP

GENERAL

MANAGEMENT OF TRAUMA PATIENTS

SPECIFIC INJURIES

TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY

PSYCHOSOCIAL ISSUES

 

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  Focus On: Trauma Collection
 
GENERAL
Refresh your knowledge of trauma nursing.

  Guest Editorial: Trauma Nursing: It Is What You Do, Not Where You Work...
Journal of Trauma Nursing
April/June 2008    Comments(0)

  Responding to Trauma: Your Priorities in the First Hour
Nursing2009 Critical Care
January 2009   
  PowerPoint Presentation   Comments(0)

  Take5 - Trauma: The Primary and Secondary Survey
Comments(0)

  CLINICAL PRACTICE: Utilizing Trauma Nurse Practitioners to Decrease Length of Stay
Journal of Trauma Nursing
April/June 2009    Comments(0)

  Changing Physiological Status Predicts Severe Injury and Need for Specialized Trauma Center Resources
Journal of Trauma Nursing
January/March 2009    Comments(0)

  CLINICAL CARE: Multidisciplinary Approach to Infection Control for Combat Casualties
Journal of Trauma Nursing
October/December 2008    Comments(0)

  CLINICAL CARE: Polytrauma Care: A Delicate Balance for the Military Nurse Case Manager
Journal of Trauma Nursing
October/December 2008    Comments(0)

  Hypothermia in Trauma
Journal of Trauma Nursing
April/June 2008    Comments(0)

  SHARING OUR BESTS: Emergency Nurse Documentation Improvement Tool
Journal of Trauma Nursing
January/March 2008    Comments(0)

  ETHICAL ISSUES: Are Brain Dead Patients Really Dead?
Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation
March/April 2009    Comments(0)

  WOUND WISE: Understanding Traumatic Wounds
Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!
May/June 2008    Comments(0)

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MANAGEMENT OF TRAUMA PATIENTS
Review recommended treatments.

  Therapeutic Hypothermia in the Postresuscitation Patient: The Development and Implementation of an Evidence-Based Protocol for the Emergency Department
Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal
October/December 2008    Comments(0)

  Temporal Artery Scanning Falls Short as a Secondary, Noninvasive Thermometry Method for Trauma Patients
Journal of Trauma Nursing
January/March 2009    Comments(0)

  Fluid Resuscitation in the Trauma Patient
Journal of Trauma Nursing
July/September 2008    Comments(0)

  CLINICAL RESEARCH: Thromboembolic Prophylaxis With Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Devices in Trauma Patients: A False Sense of Security?
Journal of Trauma Nursing
January/March 2008    Comments(0)

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SPECIFIC INJURIES
Looking for information regarding a particular injury?

  CASE STUDY: Management of Embedded Foreign Body: Penetrating Stab Wound to the Head
Journal of Trauma Nursing
April/June 2009    Comments(0)

  Traumatic Bladder Laceration in the Absence of Pelvic Fracture
Journal of Trauma Nursing
January/March 2009    Comments(0)

  Right Ventricular Gunshot Wound With Retrograde Embolization
Journal of Trauma Nursing
July/September 2008    Comments(0)

  Open Pneumothorax Resulting From Blunt Thoracic Trauma: A Case Report
Journal of Trauma Nursing
April/June 2008    Comments(0)

  Pediatric Sledding Trauma: Avoiding the Collision
Journal of Trauma Nursing
April/June 2008    Comments(0)

  Team Management of the Chest Trauma Patient
Men in Nursing
August 2008    Comments(0)

  Act Quickly With Chest Trauma
Nursing2009 Critical Care
July 2008    Comments(0)

  Improved Results For Liver Trauma Victims
OR Nurse 2009
October 2008    Comments(0)

  Stable Patients With Blunt Liver Injury: Observe, Do Not Operate!
Critical Care Nursing Quarterly
January/March 2009   Comments(0)

  Initial Assessment of the Hemodynamically Unstable Pelvic Fracture
Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal
January/March 2008    Comments(0)

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TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
Everything you need to know about TBI – and more!

  Severe and Penetrating Traumatic Brain Injury in the Context of War
Journal of Trauma Nursing
October/December 2008    Comments(0)

  Traumatic Brain Injuries Sustained in the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars
Journal of Trauma Nursing
July/September 2008    Comments(0)

  Depression Treatment Preferences After Traumatic Brain Injury
Nursing2008
July 2008    Comments(0)

  Treatment of a Patient With Traumatic Brain Injury-Related Severe Self-injurious Behavior
Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation
July/August 2009    Comments(0)

  Misconceptions About Traumatic Brain Injury and Recovery Among Nursing Students
Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation
May/June 2009    Comments(0)

  Traumatic Brain Injury and Forensic Neuropsychology
Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation
March/April 2009    Comments(0)

  Traumatic Brain Injury Associated With Combat Ocular Trauma
Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation
January/February 2009    Comments(0)

  Unlocking The Secrets Of Locked-In Syndrome
Nursing2009
July 2009    Comments(0)

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PSYCHOSOCIAL ISSUES
Be prepared to intervene when psychosocial issues arise.

  PTSD: Know the warning signs
The Nurse Practitioner: The American Journal of Primary Health Care
July 2009    Comments(0)

  RESEARCH REVIEW: Suicidal Behavior After a Traumatic Event
Journal of Trauma Nursing
April/June 2009    Comments(0)

  Care of the Trauma Patient Beyond the Emergency Department: A Patient Care Standard to Guide Bedside Nurses
Journal of Trauma Nursing
January/March 2009    Comments(0)

  Early Detection of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Children
Home Healthcare Nurse
June 2008    Comments(0)

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