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.
How much is enough? Emergency oxygen therapy with COPD
Many patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) present to A&...
Thrombolytic therapy: an A&E perspective
The use of thrombolytic therapy is currently a major aspect of the care of patients...
Button battery exposure: clinical features and management
There are many types of batteries designed to meet the individual power...
Physiological responses and management of hypothermia
Hypothermia is defined as a condition in which the core of the body is less than 35...
Farm accidents: Their causes and the development of a nurse led accident prevention...
The work that is reported in this paper is part of a nurse practitioner-led farmers...
Evaluating the development of an accredited work based learning (AWBL) scheme for A...
This paper describes a process evaluation of the development of a pilot educational...
My neck hurts: an audit of self presenting patients with neck injury
Patients who present at the triage area of the A&E department with neck...
Pesticide poisoning: rodenticides
Rodenticides are used for the control of rats and mice. There are hundreds of...
Pain assessment tools
Triage is not a new concept (Jones 1988), however, it was not until the advent of...
Gut decontamination and poisoning
Gastric decontamination has been a cornerstone in the management of overdose for...
The future of A&E with telemedicine
Sapal Tachakra and Alistair Stinson provide a wide ranging view of the benefits of...
Learning on the job accredited work based learning
Veronica Swallow describes an educational scheme which underpins the simultaneous...
Problems with eating fungi
Enquiries concerning ingestion of fungi are fairly common, particularly during the...
Triage: a retrospective evaluation
This paper takes a retrospective view of the development and introduction of a...
Why do A&E nurses fear using their advanced life support skills?
Cardiac arrest is the most acute medical emergency faced by medical, nursing and...
Emergency nurse practitioner’s documentation: development of an audit tool
The quality of clinical documentation was examined during a randomised controlled...
Emergency nurse practitioners should manage major cases
Over a period of years, A&E departments have become busier and,...
Climate of care and nurses’ attitudes towards AIDS in the emergency department
Despite recent advancements in treatment for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (...