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.
Managing acute plantar puncture wounds
Puncture wounds of the foot are a frequent presentation in emergency departments (...
Emergency contraception
Nurses working in emergency care often have to manage patients with...
Tension pneumothorax
Pneumothorax, and in particular tension pneumothorax, is associated with a high...
A guide to travel health
Budget airlines, greater worldwide travel networks and faster access to formerly...
‘Arm wrestler’s fracture’
Nurses working in emergency care often have to manage patients with...
Prepatellar bursitis
To provide patients with accurate and efficient clinical diagnoses, clinicians must...
Patient satisfaction
NHS Lanarkshire provides unscheduled care in a wide variety of settings, including...
Cleaning wounds with saline or tap water
In an ever modernising NHS, referring to health- care methods that were used before...
Learning from older people who use urgent care services
Older people are high users of emergency care services, in particular emergency...
Managing pain
Patients present to emergency departments (EDs) with many different physical and...
Managing chemical eye injuries
Chemical burns to the eyes are potentially devastating for the individuals...
Safeguarding children in emergency departments
The link between long-bone fractures and intracranial bleeds in infants, and the...
Rectal foreign bodies
Nurses working in emergency care often have to manage patients with...
Knowing your ‘dydoe’ from your ‘Madonna’: an emergency nurse guide to body piercing
Body piercing is now a common practice among people of all age groups in the UK,...
Bartholin’s abscesses and cysts
Nurses working in emergency care often have to manage patients with...
Nurse led clinical procedures for children
Almost all emergency nurses have experienced the pressures of meeting the four-hour...
Maintaining patient dignity and offering support after miscarriage
The World Health Organization (2006) defines stillbirth, or fetal death, as death...