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.
Working together
Government documents and reforms to improve care delivery have prompted many...
Nurse requested X-rays in A&E department
Shortening waiting times in A&E departments is high on the government...
Oxpentifylline: an advance in the treatment of frostbite
Staff working in London teaching hospitals rarely see cases of cold induced...
Urinary retention: issues of management and care
Urinary retention is the most common urological emergency encountered by nursing...
Developing a nurse led GP referral service
Nurses based in an emergency assessment area at Birmingham Heartlands and Soli-hull...
Proprioception exercises following ankle sprain
Ankle sprains are among the most common injuries seen in A&E, and so...
Consultant nurses: the next generation
In this paper we describe the thinking behind a three-year pilot development...
Smoke inhalation: assessing and managing patients
Despite multidisciplinary approaches to fire prevention, fires continue to cause...
Acute severe asthma in pregnancy
There are an estimated 1.9 million adults with asthma in the UK, equating to about...
Working together for child protection in A&E
There are more than 30,000 children on the child protection register (CPR) (NSPCC...
Once bitten: identifying malaria presentations
Malaria, historically one of the earliest recorded parasitic diseases to affect...
Promoting health for patients with coronary heart disease
When looking after patients in A&E who present with acute coronary syndrome...
The interdisciplinary interface in managing patients with suspected cardiac pain
The impact of specialist nurses on the skill retention, expertise and job...
Crush injury and crush syndrome: a consensus statement
Crush syndrome remains rare in European practice but is common in areas of civil...
Acquiring percussion and auscultation skills through experiential learning
Radical reforms are being implemented in A&E to manage ever growing...
Detecting high-risk patients with chest pain
Aim: To assess the ability of nurses using the Manchester Triage System (MTS) to...
Emergency care advanced practice nursing in the US: an overview
There is mounting interest in the United Kingdom and the United States in the...
Assessing acute myocardial infarction
This paper sets out to demonstrate the need for accurate nursing assessment of...