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.
Assessment of adult patients with neutropenic sepsis
Risk factors for and signs and symptoms of patients who present to the emergency department
16 Feb 2023
Non-urgent presentations to the paediatric emergency department: a literature review
Why parents of children present to PED rather than to community healthcare services
02 Feb 2023
Potentially avoidable tetanus booster in the emergency department: a service evaluation
Why many of the prophylactic tetanus treatments administered in EDs may be unnecessary
19 Jan 2023
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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
05 Jan 2023
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
15 Dec 2022
Benefits of a collaborative approach to service evaluation in urgent care
Collaboration and service evaluation are important to enable high-quality care
22 Nov 2022
Assessment, diagnosis and treatment of children who present with stridor
Stridor indicates partial upper airway obstruction and requires prompt medical assessment
09 Nov 2022
Accidental hypothermia: pathophysiology, investigations and management
Increase your awareness of the range of rewarming techniques used in accidental hypothermia
25 Oct 2022
Links between organisational justice, positive organisational behaviour and productivity
How organisational justice can be linked to improve productivity in emergency nurses
11 Oct 2022
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
20 Sep 2022
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
31 Aug 2022
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
23 Aug 2022
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
15 Aug 2022
Hypomagnesaemia: diagnosis and management in the emergency department
Enhance your knowledge of the clinical management of patients with a deficiency in magnesium
26 Jul 2022
Researching nurses’ adherence to patient safety guidelines in emergency departments
Increase your awareness of the Joint Commission International’s six patient safety goals
28 Jun 2022
Trauma pain management: use of methoxyflurane as a patient-administered analgesic
Learn about the use of methoxyflurane for people with traumatic injuries in the ED
16 Jun 2022
The efficacy of educational interventions on nurses’ attitudes to patients who self-harm
Do educational interventions improve attitudes of emergency nurses to patients who self-harm?
17 May 2022
Factors that influence trauma team activation in emergency department staff
Evaluation of the factors influencing the decision to activate the trauma team in ED staff
03 May 2022