Evidence and Practice
Lisfranc injury: assessment and management in emergency departments
Nursing management of paediatric asthma in emergency departments
Should I be more concerned about patient care or the four-hour target?
Clinical
Lisfranc injury: assessment and management in emergency departments
Injuries to the tarsometatarsal joint complex, also referred to as a Lisfranc injury, are...
Should I be more concerned about patient care or the four-hour target?
UK emergency departments (EDs) are high-pressure environments focused on delivering care in...
GPs’ opinions of discharge summaries generated by advanced nurse practitioners in...
Aim Clinical handover at the point of discharge is critically important. It generally occurs...
Compassion in emergency departments. Part 3: enabling and supporting delivery of...
In the final part of this three-part series, David Hunter and colleagues analyse the factors...
Multidisciplinary team attitudes to an advanced nurse practitioner service in an...
Aim The aim of this study was to examine an emergency department’s (ED) multidisciplinary...
Fingertip injuries in children: a review of the literature
Fingertip injuries in children are a common presentation in emergency settings. These...
CPD articles
Nursing management of paediatric asthma in emergency departments
Childhood asthma is a complex disease which may be resistant to treatment and varies in its...
Lyme disease: recognition and management for emergency nurses
Over the past ten years there has been a significant rise in the number of people who...
Emergency management of burns: part 2
Infrequent presentation of this patient group to emergency departments can cause stress and...
Emergency management of burns: part 1
Caring for patients with burn injuries can be traumatic for staff. Non-specialist clinicians...
Concussion in sport: the importance of accurate and reliable discharge advice
Concussion in sport is a common presentation in urgent and emergency care settings, so it is...
Nursing management of childhood chickenpox infection
Chickenpox is an extremely contagious infectious disease caused by varicella zoster virus (...
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...