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.
Developing the A&E nurse practitioner role
Nurse practitioners (NPs) have become integral to A&E teams so that, even...
Nurses’ knowledge of commonly used drugs: a clinical audit
As a newly qualified nurse in a busy A&E department, I made two relatively...
Cervical rib syndrome
Nurses working in emergency care often have to manage patients with...
Mobile medical teams: do A&E nurses have the appropriate experience?
In the past 28 years, there have been 108 events classed as major incidents in...
Culture and care in the swedish ambulancce services
Nursing care in ambulance services is part of pre-hospital emergency care in Sweden...
Terrorism: the reality of blast injuries
The bomb attacks on the London transport system on July 7 this year brought home...
A nurse led fast track service for patients with renal colic
Acute renal colic is a common presentation in emergency departments. In fact, it is...
Violence and aggression: how nurses perceive their own and colleagues’ risk
Researchers recognise that healthcare workers, particularly nurses, are at risk of...
Managing patients with undetected cancer
Nurses working in emergency care often have to manage patients with...
From white to blue to red: Raynaud’s phenomenon
This article defines Raynaud’s phenomenon, outlines the signs and symptoms as well...
Diagnosis and management of scaphoid fractures: a literature review
The scaphoid is the most frequently fractured carpal bone, accounting for 71per...
Initial needs of bereaved relatives following sudden and unexpected death
Caring for people whose relatives have died suddenly and unexpectedly is one of the...
Fishing hook removal
Nurses working in emergency care often have to manage patients with...
Managing children with croup in emergency departments
Recognition of symptoms of respiratory illness is one of the most common reasons...
Compression bandaging for soft tissue injury of the ankle: a literature review
Emergency care has evolved rapidly since The NHS Plan (Department of Health 2000)...
Clinical decision making theories: patient assessment in A&E
There is increasing interest in understanding how nurses make decisions in clinical...
Regular attenders at A&E
By definition, the ‘regular attender’ is well known to the emergency nurse. Most of...