Pediatric Emergent/Urgent and Ambulatory Care

Sheila Sanning Shea, MSN, RN, ANP, is an emergency nurse practitioner (ENP) with over 40 years of clinical experience. She works for Southern California Emergency Medicine Group in San Pedro, California. Ms. Shea established an emergency clinical fellowship for nurse practitioners and physician assistants that includes both didactic and clinical experiences. Ms. Shea is widely published and is an author and reviewer for the Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal, and was a contributing author to the Emergency Nurses Core Curriculum and Certified Emergency Nurse Review. Ms. Shea has taught NPs locally and nationally on a variety of emergent and urgent care topics. She serves as a consultant and educator for her company EmergeED. Karen Sue Hoyt, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, ENP-C, FAEN, FAANP, FAAN, is an emergency nurse practitioner (ENP) with nearly 50 years of clinical experience and 20 years as an NP. She is also a professor in the ENP program at the University of San Diego Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science. In 2006, she established the first Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal. Dr. Hoyt has several peer-reviewed books and publications on clinical practice, research, and management/leadership topics. She conceptualized and has implemented a 2-day course for training ENPs and a train-the-trainer course for NP faculty. She has taught minor procedures workshops for NPs/PAs across the country. As a consultant and educator, she has also written ENP continuing education programs. Dr. Hoyt spearheaded The Delphi Study on Competencies for NPs in Emergency Care and serves as an item writer for the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board (AANPCB). She is the former Chair of the NP Validation Committee for the American Academy of Emergency Nurse Practitioners (AAENP) and a former founding board member. She is a contributing editor to the first Emergency Nurse Practitioner Core Curriculum. Dr. Hoyt is also a Past President of the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) and was the lead editor for the Emergency Nursing Core Curriculum (6th) edition and a previous edition of the Trauma Nursing Core Course. She serves as a consultant and educator for her company EmergeED. Kathleen Sanders Jordan, DNP, MS, RN, FNP-BC, ENP-BC, SANE-P is a clinical assistant professor in the Graduate School of Nursing at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Abbreviations


Dictation/Documentation Guidelines


Medical Template


Trauma Template


Skin


Neonatal Jaundice


Skin Rashes/Lesions


Burns


Head


Headache


Head Injury


Eye


Eye Pain


Ear


Earache


Foreign Bodies: Ear/Nose


Face


Facial Pain/Injury


MOUTH/Throat


Throat Pain


Dental/Intraoral Pain


Neck


Neck/Cervical Pain/Injury


Chest


Cough/SOB


Chest Pain


Congenital Heart Disease


Abdomen


Abdominal Pain


Vomiting and Diarrhea


Foreign Body Ingestion


Gynecologic/Genitourinary


Genitourinary Pain


Vaginal Discharge


First Trimester Bleeding


Back


Back Pain


Upper Extremities


Shoulder Pain


Elbow Pain


Wrist Pain


Hand Pain


Lower Extremities


Hip/Pelvic Pain


Knee Pain


Ankle Pain


Foot Pain


Child With Limp


Salter Harris Growth Plate Fractures


Wounds


Lacerations/Wounds


Cutaneous Abscess/Cellulitis


Miscellaneous


Pain


Fever


Maltreatment


Syncope


Seizures


Diabetic Ketoacidosis


Sickle Cell Disease


Hematologic/Oncologic Disorders


Toxicologic Disorders


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