Caring for families during critical illness: a reflective case study
Unexpected life threatening injury or illness requiring emergency admission can...
01 Jul 2007
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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.
Suicidal behaviour: A study of emergency nurses’ educational needs when caring for this...
Suicide rates in the Republic of Ireland (ROI) have increased from 7 per cent in...
01 Jun 2007
Paracetamol
Paracetamol is prescribed regularly by emergency nurse practitioners (ENPs) and...
01 Jun 2007
Preventing adverse events
In 1999, the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) was established to...
01 Jun 2007
Penile fracture
A 21-year-old male presented to the emergency department (ED) with a history of...
01 May 2007
Resuscitation of patients during pregnancy
It is estimated that, around the world, cardiac arrest occurs once in every 30,000...
01 May 2007
Anaphylaxis: recognition, treatment and education
The term anaphylaxis is derived from the ancient Greek words ‘ana’, meaning ‘up’,...
01 May 2007
Managing acute heroin overdose
Drug overdose is responsible for between 6 and 10 per cent of the deaths among...
01 May 2007
Paronychia: Unexpected radiograph findings
Hand infections are common presentations to minor injury services and emergency...
01 Apr 2007
Invasive haemodynamic monitoring: the role of emergency nurses in helping to provide...
Accurate monitoring of critically ill patients in emergency departments (EDs) is...
01 Apr 2007
Shoulder dislocation: reduction without sedation in the emergency department
Shoulder dislocation is one of the most common types of dislocation seen in...
01 Apr 2007
Severe sepsis: do emergency departments offer patients optimal care?
Sepsis claims thousands of lives every day throughout the world (Kieft et al 1993...
01 Apr 2007
Practice makes perfect - Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
In November 2000, the 11-month-old son of one of the authors developed a small...
01 Mar 2007
Endotracheal tubes: early detection of oesophageal intubation
Emergency intubation is typically performed in Clinically unstable patients, and in...
01 Mar 2007
The emergency care nurse role: a clinical staff attitude survey
The emergency care nurse (ECN) role was introduced in the emergency department (ED...
01 Mar 2007
Hand injuries in children: a reflective case study
Reflection helps nurses to evaluate themselves in order to identify their training...
01 Feb 2007
Satisfaction guaranteed?
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) defines emergency nurse practitioners (ENPs...
01 Feb 2007
Priapism: diagnosis and early referral in emergency departments
Many patients are seen and discharged from emergency departments (EDs) every day,...
01 Feb 2007