Our Lady of the Lake College

School of Nursing
NURS 4750: Nursing Concepts V
Learning Plan: Emergency and Disaster Nursing
Reading assignments

Review the pharmacology of the following drugs:

Osmitrol (mannitol)
Phenytoin/fosphenytoin
Methylprednisolone (Solu-Medrol)
Atropine

Ignatavicius
Chapter 43: Table 43-3, Figure 43-10 (Glasgow Coma Scale)
Chapter 47
Transient Ischemic Attack & Stroke (pg 1004-1020; also Fig. 47-1; Tables 47-1, 47-2, 47-4)
Traumatic Brain Injury (pg. 1020- 1031; also Charts 47-7, 47-9; Fig. 47-6, Table 47-5
o Chapter 45
Spinal Shock & Neurogenic Shock (pg. 969-970)
Wong
o Chapter 28 Box 28-1 p. 929
Student Learning Outcomes
1.
2.

Describe the syndrome of HELLP

Discuss the appropriate actions when caring for a woman with HELLP syndrome
Neonates
1.

Describe the causes of neonatal infections and the nursing care for those infants.

Lowdermilk:
o Chapter 27 Pre-eclampsia/Eclampsia and HELLP (p. 655-669; also Table 27-2 Box 27-1)
Wong
o Chapter 9 Neonatal sepsis (p. 282-284; Box 9-6)
Meningitis/Encephalitis
1.

Identify nursing priorities for patients with bacterial meningitis and encephalitis

Ignatavicius
o Meningitis/Encephalitis
Chapter 44 (pg 937-941; also Charts 44-7, 44-8; Table 44-2)
o Burns
Chapter 28 (pg. 511-538; also Tables 28-1, 28-2, 28-3, 28-5 (Parkland (Baxter); Charts 28-1, 28-2, 28-3, 28-4). Also,
Table, , Fig. 28-11

Reading assignments:
Ignatavicius
o Chapter 10 (also Table 10-4)
o Chapter 11
o Heat Exhaustion and Heat Stroke (pgs 137-139 including Charts 11-2, 11-3, 11-5)
o Bees and Wasps (pgs 145-146)
o Lightning Injuries (pgs 146-147 including Chart 11-6)
o Drowning (pgs 152-153)
o Chapter 12