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.
Potentially avoidable tetanus booster in the emergency department: a service evaluation
Why many of the prophylactic tetanus treatments administered in EDs may be unnecessary
Making more nurses, one minute at a time: an efficiency and quality improvement project
Enhance your understanding of triage processes and of the primary aim of emergency triage
Independent prescribing for a child with a first diagnosis of asthma: a case study
Refresh your knowledge of the signs and symptoms of asthma, as well as how it is treated
Benefits of a collaborative approach to service evaluation in urgent care
Collaboration and service evaluation are important to enable high-quality care
Assessment, diagnosis and treatment of children who present with stridor
Stridor indicates partial upper airway obstruction and requires prompt medical assessment
Accidental hypothermia: pathophysiology, investigations and management
Increase your awareness of the range of rewarming techniques used in accidental hypothermia
Links between organisational justice, positive organisational behaviour and productivity
How organisational justice can be linked to improve productivity in emergency nurses
Comparing the hair apposition technique with traditional closure in scalp lacerations
A literature review of the clinical outcomes for patients with scalp lacerations using HAT
Diagnostic and treatment dilemmas in well children with petechial rash in the ED
Tailoring the investigation, treatment and discharge of well children with petechial rash
Pain assessment tools for use with children in acute pain in the emergency department
Triage nurses are required to use an appropriate, validated tool to assess acute pain
Engaging nurses in patient recruitment to research trials in the emergency department
The challenges of undertaking a feasibility trial in a city centre emergency department
Hypomagnesaemia: diagnosis and management in the emergency department
Enhance your knowledge of the clinical management of patients with a deficiency in magnesium