Clinical
Our clinical nursing articles aim to inform and educate nurse practitioners and students. This is achieved through the publication of peer-reviewed, evidence-based, relevant and topical articles.
Care of patients with minor eye trauma
The majority of eye injuries are superficial in nature and transient in their...
Trauma scoring in A&E
During recent years the term ‘trauma score’ has become commonplace in the everyday...
Nursing management of minor burn injuries
This article discusses burns, with particular emphasis on minor burn injuries, and...
Managing actual and potential hostage taking incidents
Ann Jacobs, the A&E Sister, was clearly tired, not to mention irritated, to...
Systematic eye examination in A&E
This article gives a description of the techniques and equipment needed in order to...
Caring for children
About three million children attend A&E departments each year (Selley 1991...
Principles of universal precautions
Universal precautions is the term used to describe practices taken to reduce the...
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
This article outlines the recently updated guidelines of the European Resuscitation...
Caring for the patient with Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s disease was first mentioned as a specific entity in an American nursing...
Treating the child with minor scalp wounds
A child arrives in A&E holding a blood stained cloth to his head. He looks...
Communication and trauma management
This paper will discuss how effectively we communicate as healthcare professionals...
Stabbing injuries
Low velocity penetrating injuries commonly occur in the younger adult male. In a...
Provision of clean injecting equipment
Providing clean needles and syringes to injecting drug users is one established...
Environmental provisions for children in A&E
The need to consider the effect of the hospital environment on the hospitalised...
Chronic alcohol users attending A&E
The Department of Health (1), in its Health of the Nation document, has set targets...