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ED pressures: how to enhance your nursing practice in difficult conditions
Winter brings extra pressures for an overstretched workforce, so nurses need to work together
05 Dec 2023
Cliff Evans
Emergency care in crisis: the incompetence that underlies NHS failures
Deficit in acute beds means unprecedented pressure on overstretched emergency nurses
18 Aug 2022
Emergency care: COVID's second wave, winter pressures and outdated targets
Emergency departments are facing their greatest challenges of the pandemic
21 Dec 2020
How early preparations have helped one emergency department during the COVID-19 pandemic
Forward triage enables nurses to prevent unnecessary admissions and cross contamination
20 May 2020
ED staff must feel safe and supported to deliver dignified care
Progressive nurse leaders can ensure decreasing morale and increasing turnover aren't inevitable
04 Feb 2019
Improving patient safety through the introduction of a formal triage process
Emergency departments (EDs) in the UK are facing unprecedented increases in attendance, and the ability to safely assess, diagnose, treat, refer or discharge patients is a national challenge. This article discusses one component of a comprehensive ED strategy created to address serious concerns identified by regulators and develop and improve services in the department at Medway NHS Foundation Trust, Kent.
10 Feb 2017
Managing pain
Patients present to emergency departments (EDs) with many different physical and psychological illnesses, and there can be several social complexities associated with these presentations. According to the ethos of modern healthcare management, patients are whole but multidimensional beings who should be placed by healthcare professionals at the centre of multidisciplin ary team activities (Department of Health 2004a).
01 May 2008