Telephone Triage for Obstetrics and Gynecology

This easy-to-use manual provides telephone triage protocols to nurses involved with obstetrics and gynecology. It offers suggestions for asking appropriate questions in a flowchart format to ascertain the assessment and severity of the problem and need for medical intervention.

This guide serves as a decision-making tool for the nurse to easily identify and prioritize who needs immediate medical attention, who needs to be seen within twenty-four hours, and who can be monitored at home. Includes topics that cover basics, protocols, symptoms and issues that occur within the scope of this specialty. The forms in the guide may be duplicated and used as patient handouts.

Price: $49.95

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Telephone Triage: Protocols for Adult Populations

The Most Comprehensive and User-Friendly Adult Telephone Triage Protocols Available - From a Pioneer in the Field

Written by Sheila Wheeler, one of the world's leading experts in telephone triage, this functional reference provides the guidelines nurses need for the safe, effective, and fast disposition of 1,000+ health related problems by telephone.

Organized by anatomical site and written in lay language, Telephone Triage eliminates the extra step of translating home treatment, first aid, or self-assessment instructions when performing telephone triage with the layperson. The format incorporates a critical-thinking process that mimics how nurses naturally solve problems in real-world situations.

This "6 in 1" package contains everything you need to implement a telephone triage program: protocols, form, Users Guide, standards and a CD with case studies for analysis and critique. Buyers can earn CE Units as well through TeleTriage Systems website.
Features:

• Continuing Education -Earn CE credit online


• Users Guide - complete with insightful FAQs


• Protocols - wide-range of common diseases including Women's Health


• Documentation Form - ensures proper procedure, documentation, and risk management


• Standards - Comprehensive practice standards for practitioners and programs


• CD-ROM - contains 10 case studies for discussion and analysis

Representing the latest research and standards in the field, Telephone Triage is the ultimate resource for the telephone triage or face-to face triage nurse.

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Telephone Triage Protocols for Nurses

Performing telephone triage requires the ability to make quick and effective decisions based on limited information.This rapid-access resource delivers over 200 triage protocols for evaluating patients' symptoms over the telephone. Each symptom entry lists questions, grouped by urgency level, to determine whether the caller should seek emergency care immediately, seek medical care the same day, call back for appointment, or follow home care instructions. Detailed home care instructions are then provided. Simple, direct, and useful, this is the most comprehensive and user-friendly telephone triage book available.

This new edition features several new protocols—swine flu (H1N1 virus), bedbug problems, tattoo problems, and emergency contraception—as well as new information in the introductory chapter about program development, management issues, and staff development, including training. Other features include a new reminder about documentation in each protocol, a new anatomic Table of Contents, and expanded home care instructions.

Price: $68.99

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