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.

Towards a faculty of Emergency Nursing

Since its inception in 1972, the RCN A&E Nursing Association has been...

Acute iron overdose: clinical features and management

Iron poisoning occurs in both adults and children. The mortality rate in children...

Health promotion as an ENP: is it possible?

Theories and definitions of health range on a continuum, from the absence of...

Problems of telemedicine

Telemedicine is the delivery of healthcare and the exchange of health care...

Antihypertensive drug overdose

Avariety of drugs are used to treat hyper-tension. This review will cover four...

What’s wrong with triage?

Since the early Eighties, triage has become an accepted formalised role in A&...

Co-ordinating major incident trauma care: international responses

The care and treatment of those involved in a disaster lies at the heart of the...

Emergency nurses and their perceptions of caring

The winter 1998/9 bed crisis once again highlighted the A&E department as...

Managing epistaxis in A&E

Presentation of epistaxis in an A&E department can vary from an acute...

Pesticide poisoning: insecticides

Insecticides are used in a variety of settings: on farms, in the workplace, in the...

Declaring a major incident

In recent weeks, London has been hit by three nail bomb attacks and has once again...

Nurse practitioners are we being true to the spirit of nursing?

Few nursing roles have been subjected to the level of scrutiny as that of the nurse...

I’m talking to you!

Bullying is not confined to any specific age, gender or culture. It can happen in...

Pesticide poisoning: herbicides

Apesticide is any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing,...

Electrical injuries

All electrical burns are serious and, due to their complicated pathology, must...

Risk management in major incident and emergency planning

Imagine the worst case scenario of events in A&E. The scenes of Dunblane,...

Interpersonal approaches to managing violence and aggression

Violence and aggression in the health service is an increasing problem and health...

Managing major incidents a dynamic educational initiative

As we all recognise, disasters strike suddenly and unexpectedly, and many agencies...

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