The accountability of emergency nurse practitioners
During the past decade, the nursing profession has helped to plan and shape the...
01 Oct 2006
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.
Management of pulled elbows
This article examines the management of children who present with subluxation of...
01 Sep 2006
Using handheld pocket computers in a wireless telemedicine system
Teleconsultation may soon become the fastest evolving branch of telemedicine,...
01 Sep 2006
Treating leg ulcers
The Department of Health (2006) identifies that almost 18 million people attend A...
01 Sep 2006
Developing a new intravenous therapy service: part 2
This article focuses on the development of a new intravenous (IV) therapy service...
01 Sep 2006
Paraphimosis
The following emergency nurse practitioner (ENP) case report describes the...
01 Jul 2006
The sternum
Emergency nurse practitioners (ENPs) are beginning to overcome the barriers that...
01 Jul 2006
Intraocular injury
Ophthalmic conditions account for more than 5 per cent of all minor injury unit and...
01 Jun 2006
Identifying pleuritic chest pain
Chest pain is one of the most common clinical presentations to emergency...
01 Jun 2006
Pain assessment at nurse triage: a literature review
Research suggests that most patients who attend emergency departments (EDs)...
01 Jun 2006
Delivering a new intravenous therapy service
Following recent reforms in emergency care, there has been a rapid expansion of...
01 Jun 2006
The ‘parental kiss’
Toddlers and other children frequently attend emergency care settings with nasal...
01 May 2006
Caring for people with learning disabilities in emergency care
Emergency care nurses are expected to be able to care for a range of people with...
01 May 2006
Human factors in emergency care: the need for team resource management
Working in emergency departments has never been more stressful than it is nowadays...
01 May 2006
The removal of body piercings
The art of body piercing has been practised in many cultures for thousands of years...
01 Apr 2006
Triage and transport decisions after mass casualty incidents
In the UK there are on average four major incidents a year with a range of between...
01 Apr 2006
Identifying de quervain’s tenosynovitis
Patients presenting to emergency departments and minor injury services with hand...
01 Apr 2006
An unusual knee injury
Nurses working in emergency care often have to manage patients with...
01 Mar 2006