Planning Team Cindy Tryniszewski, RN, MSN Executive Director Elsevier/MC Strategies Donna Massey, RN, MSN Senior Clinical Editor Elsevier/MC Strategies Colleen Seeber-Combs, RN, MSN Senior Clinical Editor Elsevier/MC Strategies Rebecca A. Steinmann, RN, APN, CEN, CPEN, CCRN, CCNS, FAEN Clinical Nurse Specialist, Emergency Department Dawn Herman, RN, BSN, MBA, CEN Pediatric Emergency Department Manager Contributors Michael Beach, DNP, ACNP-BC, PNP Emergency Department Nurse Practitioner Canonsburg General Hospital Canonsburg, PA Nancy Bonalumi, RN, MS, CEN, FAEN Senior Director Blue Jay Consulting Orlando, FL Kathleen E. Carlson, RN, MSN, CEN, FAEN Clinical Nurse Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital Virginia Beach, VA
Melody R. Campbell, RN, MSN, CEN, CCRN, CCNS Critical Care Nurse Specialist, Advanced Practice Nursing Manager Good Samaritan Hospital, Center for Nursing Excellence Dayton, OH Sheri Cook, RN, CEN Service Educator Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare Tallahassee, FL Joni Daniels, MSN, RN, CEN Divisional Director Clinical Services EmCare, Inc. Southwest Division San Antonio, TX Laura Favand, COL, AN Chief, Plans, Training Mobilization and Security USA MEDDAC Ft Knox, KY Joyce Foresman-Capuzzi, MSN, RN, CCNS, CEN, CPN, CTRN, CCRN, CPEN, SANE-A, EMT-P Clinical Nurse Educator, Emergency Department Lankenau Medical Center Wynnewood, PA Sharon A. Graunke, RN, MS, APN, CEN Staff Nurse, Emergency Department Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare Elmhurst, IL Dawn Herman, MBA, RN, CEN Pediatric Emergency Department Manager Marnie Johnson, RN, BA, CEN, CCRN Patient Care Manager, Emergency Services Fairview University Medical Center-Mesabi Hibbing, MN Kirsten Johnson-Moore, RN, MSN, PHRN Director, Emergency Nursing Services and Respiratory Care St. Christopher s Hospital for Children
Betty Kuiper, MSN, APRN, ACNS-BC, CEN Nursing and Institutional Research Coordinator Western Baptist Hospital Paducah, KY Catherine M. Olson, RN, MSN Clinical Nurse Manager, Emergency Department Provena Mercy Medical Center Aurora, IL Maureen Phillips, BSN, RN, CSPI Retired; Previous Title: Clinical Nurse, Poison Information Specialist California Poison Control System San Diego, CA Terri M. Repasky, RN, MSN, BSN, CEN, EMTP Clinical Nurse Specialist Memorial Hospital, Emergency Services Tallahassee, FL S. Kay Sedlak, RN, MS, CEN, RN-BC, FAEN Author, Lecturer, Consultant Reno, NV Rebecca A. Steinmann, RN, APN, CEN, CPEN, CCRN, CCNS, FAEN Clinical Nurse Specialist, Emergency Department Cheryl Wraa, RN, MSN Trauma Program Manager University of California, Davis Medical Sacramento, CA Reviewers Laveda Albright, RN, TNS Director of Emergency Services Del Sol Medical Center El Paso, TX Vicki Bacidore, RN, MSN, ACNP-BC, CEN Emergency Nurse Practitioner Loyola University Medical Center Maywood, IL
John Beadle, RN, BSN, PHN, CEN Emergency Room/Trauma Nurse Enloe Medical Center Chico, CA Deena Brecher, MSN, RN, APRN, ACNS-BC, CEN, CPEN Clinical Nurse Specialist-Emergency Department Nemours/A.I. dupont Hospital for Children Wilmington, DE Patricia L. Clutter, RN, MEd, CEN, FAEN Staff Nurse, Educator, Independent Contractor St. John s Hospital Springfield/Lebanon, MO John Fazio, RN, MS, FAEN Clinical Nurse Specialist San Francisco General Hospital San Francisco, CA Kathleen Flarity, ARNP, PhD, CEN, CFRN, FAEN Emergency Clinical Nurse Specialist Memorial Health System Colorado Springs, CO Andrew A. Galvin, ACNP, BC, MSN, CEN Montgomery Regional Hospital-Emergency & Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Emergency Nurses Medical Group, PC Blacksburg, VA Christine M. Gisness, RN, MSN, FNP, CEN Associate Provider, Nurse Practitioner Emory University, Department of Emergency Medicine at Grady Hospital Atlanta, GA Teresa Gomez, RN, MSN, CPEN Education Consultant Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL Diane Gurney, MSN, RN, CEN Emergency Nursing Consultant Hyannis, MA
Michael D. Gooch, RN, MSN, ACNP-BC, FNP-BC, CFRN, CEN, NREMT-P Flight Nurse, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN Emergency Nurse Practitioner, TeamHealth, Maury Regional Medical Center Columbia, TN Reneé S. Holleran, APRN, PhD, CEN, CCRN, CFRN, CTRN, FNP-BC Staff Nurse, Emergency Department Intermountain Medical Center Salt Lake City, Utah Courtney Kaylor, MSN, RN, MHA, CEN, CCRN Clinical Nurse Specialist-Surgical/Trauma Intensive Care Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte, NC Diana Meyer, RN, MSN, CEN, CCRN, FAEN Clinical Nurse Specialist St Joseph Hospital Bellingham, WA Justin Milici, RN, MSN, CEN, CFRN, CPEN, CCRN, TNS Clinical Educator, Emergency Department Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas, TX Dennis Moore, BSN, MBA, CEN, TNS Staff Nurse-Pediatric Emergency Room Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL Jason Moretz, RN, BSN, CEN, CTRN Director, Emergency Department Upstate Carolina Medical Center Gaffney, SC Mary Otting, RN, CEN EMS Coordinator Children s Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL Cassandra O Brien, RN, BSN, NREMT Pediatric EMS Coordinator University of Chicago Medical Center Chicago, IL
Elda Ramirez, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, FAANP Associate Professor of Clinical Nursing Nurses Practitioner University of Texas Medical School Emergency Medicine Houston, TX Sheila Sanning Shea, RN, MSN, CEN, ANP Emergency Nurse Practitioner St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach, CA Susan K. Smith, MS, BS, RN, CCRN Educator, Emergency Department Tyrone Hospital Tyrone, PA Vicki Sweet, RN, MSN, CEN, CCRN, FAEN Manager, Emergency Services and Pre Hospital Care St. Jude Medical Center Fullerton, CA Gail C. Tagney, RN, MSN Clinical Nurse Specialist/ Interim Nursing Manager MSICU University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL Aaron Wolff, RN, BSN, CEN Manager of Performance Improvement Catholic Healthcare West Corporate Office Redding, CA