About the Author

Lynn Sayre Visser, MSN, RN, PHN, CEN, CPEN, FAEN has devoted her 28 year career to emergency nursing, triage education, mentoring others, and writing about topics that impact nursing. Her career has been complemented by experience in prehospital care, ICUs, post-anesthesia care units, and as an organ procurement coordinator. Her passion for quality patient care led her to play instrumental roles in the implementation of a provider in triage, rapid triage assessment, and immediate bedding processes along with formalized triage education in multiple facilities. She is a change-agent and philanthropist and has been published in a variety of arenas. She is the co-author of Fast Facts for the Triage Nurse: An Orientation and Care Guide, Essentials for the Triage Nurse, Rapid Access Guide for Triage and Emergency Nurses, and Rapid Access Guide for Pediatric Emergency Nursing. Her work has been recognized with two American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year awards, the 2019 Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) Media Award, the 2021 ENA Team Award, as well as the 2019 Sigma Theta Tau Edith Moore Copeland Founders Award for excellence in creativity. She holds a Master of Science Degree in Nursing with an emphasis in education and a double Bachelor of Science degree in nursing and exercise physiology.

Anna Sivo Montejano, DNP, RN, PHN, CEN, has over three decades of experience in emergency nursing and triage education. She has taught nursing theory and aided the professional development of nurses as a preceptor, mentor, and clinical instructor. She has been a certified emergency nurse for more than 30 years. Her ED contributions include work as a staff nurse, primary preceptor, and assistant nurse manager, as well as in educational development. Dr. Montejano has worked to improve the quality and efficiency of patient care through projects such as the change process of rapid medical screenings and rapid triage assessments; as a project manager for a major ED expansion; and as an advanced cardiac life support instructor. She authored Fast Facts for the Triage Nurse: An Orientation and Care Guide in a Nutshell, which won third place in the 2015 American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year awards in the critical care/emergency category, the Emergency Nursing Association, Media award in 2019, and the Assessment Technologies Institute (ATI) Nurse Educator of the Year. This book has since become available in the United Kingdom under the title Essentials for the Triage Nurse: An Orientation and Care Guide. She has her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from California State University, Northern Consortium (Fresno and San Jose State University), her Master's Degree in Nursing with a focus on education, and her Bachelor of Science degree.

Reviews

Rapid Access Guide for Triage and Emergency Nurses focuses on patients that require immediate intervention. This book is indeed a "book of brains" and a "collection of wisdom" all rolled up in a compact size book! Concise triage information is easy to read and zooms in on the most important points. It is a must for every nurse that is met with emergencies.--Laura Gasparis Vonfrolio, RN, PdD

As a seasoned nurse with experience in the triage arena, I can unequivocally say that the Rapid Access Guide for Triage and Emergency Nurses is well-written, beautifully designed, comprehensive, convenient to use, and fully evidence-based. Triage sits at the gateway to urgent and emergent care, and this guide can alleviate the bottlenecks, confusions, and missteps that weaken the triage process, endanger patients, and otherwise throw a wrench in what should be a well-oiled assessment machine. The arrangement by body systems increases the guide's usefulness in chaotic situations, and the red flag warnings are highlights that any triage nurse would be prudent to make note of and memorize. From comprehensive behavioral health assessment to life-threatening cardiac or respiratory emergencies, the Rapid Access Guide for Triage and Emergency Nurses offers the evidence-based information for triage and emergency nurses who want to be at the top of their game.--Keith Carlson, BSN, RN, NC-BC "Nurse Career Coach, Podcaster, Author, Speaker"