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.
Once bitten: identifying malaria presentations
Malaria, historically one of the earliest recorded parasitic diseases to affect...
Detecting high-risk patients with chest pain
Aim: To assess the ability of nurses using the Manchester Triage System (MTS) to...
Emergency care advanced practice nursing in the US: an overview
There is mounting interest in the United Kingdom and the United States in the...
Assessing acute myocardial infarction
This paper sets out to demonstrate the need for accurate nursing assessment of...
Wernicke’s encephalopathy
Alcohol intoxication is a major contributing factor for admission to A&E...
Nurse led fast track for vulnerable older people
The ‘plight’ of older people in A&E departments has received much media...
Tackling injury head on
New guidance issued by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) is set...
Chill out: therapeutic hypothermia improves survival
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is a common event and is a major cause of unexpected...
Ankle sprain: how much do A&E staff know?
Ankle injuries in the UK account for many patients attending A&E...
Ankle sprain: a literature search
An internet and library literature search was undertaken to discover current best...
Vegetation, vegetables, vesicles: plants and skin
Plants and plant extracts can adversely affect the skin in several ways that can be...
Auditing a nurse led fracture referral service
Audit is a word that can conjure thoughts of facts and figures that some nurses may...
Coming home from war: a literature review
This, the last of three literature reviews, builds on previous articles concerned...
Rescue paramedic style: a training scenario
For most emergency nurses, rescue is something that happens in the pre-hospital...
Poisoning: sodium chloride and sodium bicarbonate
Sodium chloride and sodium bicarbonate are widely used both pharmaceutical and in...
Minor and major patients – what can be done?
The Department of Health documents, The NHS Plan (DoH 2000) and Reforming Emergency...
Participation in warfare: a literature review
Last month’s Emergency Nurse article by Wild (2003) presented literature concerning...
Metallic and inorganic mercury poisoning
Mercury is a naturally occurring element that is most familiar in its metallic form...