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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.
Managing acute heroin overdose
Drug overdose is responsible for between 6 and 10 per cent of the deaths among...
Paronychia: Unexpected radiograph findings
Hand infections are common presentations to minor injury services and emergency...
Invasive haemodynamic monitoring: the role of emergency nurses in helping to provide...
Accurate monitoring of critically ill patients in emergency departments (EDs) is...
Shoulder dislocation: reduction without sedation in the emergency department
Shoulder dislocation is one of the most common types of dislocation seen in...
Severe sepsis: do emergency departments offer patients optimal care?
Sepsis claims thousands of lives every day throughout the world (Kieft et al 1993...
Practice makes perfect - Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
In November 2000, the 11-month-old son of one of the authors developed a small...
Endotracheal tubes: early detection of oesophageal intubation
Emergency intubation is typically performed in Clinically unstable patients, and in...
The emergency care nurse role: a clinical staff attitude survey
The emergency care nurse (ECN) role was introduced in the emergency department (ED...
Hand injuries in children: a reflective case study
Reflection helps nurses to evaluate themselves in order to identify their training...
Satisfaction guaranteed?
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) defines emergency nurse practitioners (ENPs...
Priapism: diagnosis and early referral in emergency departments
Many patients are seen and discharged from emergency departments (EDs) every day,...
Pretibial lacerations: management and treatment in the emergency department
Emergency nurses deal regularly with traumatic wounds (Holt 2005) and, under...
Practice makes perfect - Intraoral ranulas
The following case history concerns a 19-year-old man who presented to the...
Scissors: an infection risk?
Infection control is vital in all areas of nursing, but it is especially so in...
Early pregnancy loss
Early pregnancy loss can be a cause of immense distress for the women who...
The glasgow coma scale clinical application in emergency departments
About one million people with head injuries attend emergency departments (EDs)...
Practice makes perfect - Water hemlock poisoning
Although collecting wild plants to eat is usually undertaken for pleasure in the UK...
Evaluating suicidal intent in emergency care settings
Emergency care staff are responsible for assessing suicidal intent in patients who...