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.
Ensuring appropriate care for patients with asthma
It is estimated that around 5.2 million people in the UK suffer from asthma, making...
Ankle fractures
Ankle injuries are common complaints in patients presenting to A&E, making...
Emergency department use by people on low income
Primary care is defined as a regular source of care characterised by continuity,...
Streaming A&E patients to walk-in centre services
Studies have found that about half of emergency department (ED) patients could have...
How emergency department nurses identify and respond to critical illness
Research suggests that many critically ill patients have cardiac arrest because of...
The role of the physiotherapist practitioner in emergency departments: a critical...
The emergency directorate at Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, formerly known...
Achilles tendon injury: assessment and management in the emergency department
The Achilles tendon is the largest, thickest and strongest tendon in the body....
A nose for trouble
Emergency nurse practitioners (ENPs) frequently encounter unusual clinical...
Patient centred care: lessons from the medical profession
The reform of emergency care has led to a significant rise in the prevalence of...
Appropriate categorisation of mild pain at triage: a diagnostic study
The Manchester Triage System (MTS) offers emergency department practitioners a...
The convergent validity of the manchester pain scale
Objective
To test the convergent validity of the Manchester pain...
Self-harm: reviewing psychological assessment in emergency departments
Self-harm, described as a behaviour not an illness (Isacsson and Rich 2001), is a...
Spinal cord injury: acute care management
The first two articles in this series described the anatomy and physiology of the...
Using a risk assessment matrix with mental health patients in emergency departments
The needs of people with mental health problems have been prioritised over recent...
Spinal cord injury: causation and pathophysiology
The incidence of spinal cord injury worldwide stands at about 20 new cases per...
Challenging delays in thrombolysis
The management of patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) can be divided in...
Acute quadriceps injury: a case study
Muscle contusions are extremely common injuries in contact sports, such as football...
Spinal cord injury: anatomy and physiology of the spinal cord
The imminent arrival of spinal injured patients at emergency departments often...