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.
Improving end-of-life care in emergency departments
Emergency department (ED) professionals often appear in the media as heroic individ...
Interaction of antibiotics and oral contraceptives
It is common in emergency departments (EDs) for emergency nurse practitioners (ENPs...
Paediatric torus fracture
Fracture injuries in children account for up to 20 per cent all of paediatric...
Animal and human bites
Bite wounds caused by humans or animals are a common presentation in emergency...
Advanced nurse practitioners: improving patients’ journeys
The Republic of Ireland (ROI) has undergone an unprecedented series of social,...
Using nerve blocks to treat facial wounds
As part of their scope of practice, emergency nurse practitioners (ENPs) should...
Anaphylaxis: assessing patients with allergies
Anaphylaxis is a common presentation seen in emergency departments (EDs), yet due...
Managing acute plantar puncture wounds
Puncture wounds of the foot are a frequent presentation in emergency departments (...
Emergency contraception
Nurses working in emergency care often have to manage patients with...
Tension pneumothorax
Pneumothorax, and in particular tension pneumothorax, is associated with a high...
A guide to travel health
Budget airlines, greater worldwide travel networks and faster access to formerly...
‘Arm wrestler’s fracture’
Nurses working in emergency care often have to manage patients with...
Prepatellar bursitis
To provide patients with accurate and efficient clinical diagnoses, clinicians must...
Patient satisfaction
NHS Lanarkshire provides unscheduled care in a wide variety of settings, including...
Cleaning wounds with saline or tap water
In an ever modernising NHS, referring to health- care methods that were used before...
Learning from older people who use urgent care services
Older people are high users of emergency care services, in particular emergency...
Managing pain
Patients present to emergency departments (EDs) with many different physical and...