ED Nursing Book recommendations?

erkantarik · Jan 27, 2011

there is one book for CEN it's only questions and answer i forgot the name but you can find it at borders or barnes&noble

SLM3 · Jan 27, 2011

Sheehy's Manual of Emergency Care

Editorial Team / Moderator · Jan 27, 2011

Sheehy's Emergency Nursing: Principles and Practice. Fabulous textbook!

allstudentnurses, ASN, RN · Feb 24, 2011

Honestly, I've got most of the books on E.D. out there and there are a few that are my favorites because they do a great job of giving you the "meat and potatoes" of daily E.D. work.

They are:

1. Fast Facts for the ER Nurse by Jennifer Buettner (My personal favorite)

2. Quick reference to triage by Valerie G.A. Grossman

These books do not cover trauma, they simply cover what you will see the most of in an E.D. setting. If you want a book on trauma I suggest you take the TNCC course, that book, from the ENA, (in my opinion) is the best book on trauma.

Good luck in your E.D. journey.

Chris

murphyle, BSN, RN · Feb 25, 2011

Second the recommendations for Sheehy's, as well as for the Emergency Nursing Core Curriculum and for the CEN book if you're studying toward that goal. All three are ENA publications, and you get a membership discount if you order from them.

I also like the Detroit Receiving Hospital Emergency Handbook. (Yes, I'm probably showing my hometown bias, but if you're going to write a book about trauma, the peeps downtown are the hands-down pros...) It's written for physicians, but covers a ton of stuff about trauma, toxicology and so forth that the other books might not hit. It's also a handy size to throw in your bag. On the nursing side, Fast Facts for Critical Care is another mini-book I always keep on hand, for stuff like invasive monitoring and drips (pressors/dilators, inotropes, etc). I'm also working through, and really liking, the ICU FAQs book (http://www.icufaqs.org - print off individual files or buy the big book of 'em).

Best of luck to you!!