Disciplines and Occupations

Trauma Nursing

Specialization in the care of patients who suffer an acute injury or illness, whether it is accidental or intentional. It includes skills in caring for patients of all ages-from newborn to the elderly. Examples of cases that may be involved are: traffic accidents, or other wounds or injuries.

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Abstract

Specialization in the care of patients who suffer an acute injury or illness, whether it is accidental or intentional. It includes skills in caring for patients of all ages-from newborn to the elderly. Examples of cases that may be involved are: traffic accidents, or other wounds or injuries.

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Nursing, Trauma

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Aspects Covered

11 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

2021

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Previous Indexing

  • Specialties, Nursing (1974-2020)

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Tree Numbers

  1. H02w.478w.676.960
  2. N02.421.533.944

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NLM Classification

WY 154.2

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Trauma Nursing. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000084826. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000084826
  2. Trauma Nursing. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114787539