Evidence and Practice
Potentially avoidable tetanus booster in the emergency department: a service evaluation
Making more nurses, one minute at a time: an efficiency and quality improvement project
Independent prescribing for a child with a first diagnosis of asthma: a case study
Clinical
Potentially avoidable tetanus booster in the emergency department: a service evaluation
Why many of the prophylactic tetanus treatments administered in EDs may be unnecessary
Making more nurses, one minute at a time: an efficiency and quality improvement project
Enhance your understanding of triage processes and of the primary aim of emergency triage
Independent prescribing for a child with a first diagnosis of asthma: a case study
Refresh your knowledge of the signs and symptoms of asthma, as well as how it is treated
Benefits of a collaborative approach to service evaluation in urgent care
Collaboration and service evaluation are important to enable high-quality care
Assessment, diagnosis and treatment of children who present with stridor
Stridor indicates partial upper airway obstruction and requires prompt medical assessment
Accidental hypothermia: pathophysiology, investigations and management
Increase your awareness of the range of rewarming techniques used in accidental hypothermia
CPD articles
Recognition and management of patients with frailty in the emergency department
Familiarise yourself with frailty screening tools often used in emergency care settings
Ensuring effective intercultural communication in the emergency department
This can be achieved by nurses developing cultural knowledge and interpersonal skills
Assessing people with sickle cell disease presenting with vaso-occlusive crisis
Understand how to assess and manage patients with vaso-occlusive crisis in the ED
Breaking bad news to patients in the emergency department
Preparing autonomous practitioners to break news of serious and new diagnoses
Health promotion in emergency care: rationale, strategies and activities
Concept of health promotion and its relevance to nurses working in the emergency department
Managing violence and aggression in the emergency department
Featuring a successful small-scale trial of body-worn cameras at an East London ED
How to
How to improve patient care by learning from mistakes
Mistakes made in healthcare settings and the challenges to staff that arise from them can harm service users, consume time and money, and often receive bad publicity. However, by learning from these mistakes and meeting these challenges, practitioners can improve the quality of the care they provide. This article explores what is meant by mistakes and challenges in the context of health care. It suggests that front line managers are best placed to prevent and learn from mistakes, and thereby improve care for patients.
Practice question
How can you identify and manage people presenting with delirium in the ED?
The condition can develop quickly and result in increased risk of dementia and mortality
What is the Sepsis Six tool and how and when should I use it?
Implementation of the protocol, updates and other guidance for nurses to consider