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.
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...
Barriers to pain management in emergency departments
Research shows that pain is the primary issue for more than 70 per cent of patients...
Practice makes perfect - ‘Saturday night palsy’
A 40-year-old, right-handed male carpenter recently presented to the author’s...
Emergency care interventions that can affect pain relief
The reason for attending emergency departments (EDs) given by most patients with...
Improving emergency care for patients who self harm
The most radical reforms seen in the NHS since its formation, in 1948, have been...
The properties of aminophylline
More than five million people in the UK have asthma, one in ten of them being...
High-pressure injection injuries
High-pressure injection injuries are caused by the accidental injection of fluid...
Diagnosing gout
This reflective article is concerned with the management of gout in emergency care...
Ketamine sedation in children
The management of children who require minor surgical procedures can be...
Dehydration in older people: assessment and management
Caring for families during critical illness: a reflective case study
Unexpected life threatening injury or illness requiring emergency admission can...
Paracetamol
Paracetamol is prescribed regularly by emergency nurse practitioners (ENPs) and...
Preventing adverse events
In 1999, the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) was established to...
Suicidal behaviour: A study of emergency nurses’ educational needs when caring for this...
Suicide rates in the Republic of Ireland (ROI) have increased from 7 per cent in...
Penile fracture
A 21-year-old male presented to the emergency department (ED) with a history of...