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.
Injury management in the community
Thousands of people in the UK sustain injuries every day. The lay public can manage...
Biphasic defibrillation
Early defibrillation is accepted as essential to revert potential life threatening...
Paediatric pain assessment
The assessment of pain in children is a subject that has been widely discussed, and...
Substances of low toxicity by ingestion
Each year, the London Centre of the National Poisons Information Service receives...
Vicarious traumatisation
Emergency departments present multiple composite realities providing emergency...
Taking part in the MRC crash trial
Emergency departments are notoriously busy clinical areas with increasing pressure...
Diagnosing radiological abnormalities
SAPAL TACHAKRA addresses the training and expertise of emergency nurse...
Paracetamol overdose
Paracetamol is an analgesic and antipyretic agent that became available in the UK...
What to do when an adolescent self harms
Adolescence is a time of great change, physically, psychologically and socially (...
Using an evidence-based approach to thrombolysis
Forging links between theory and practice in a bid to affirm evidenced based...
Aspirin overdose
After more than a century, aspirin remains one of the most popular drugs in the...
Recognising adrenal insufficiency
The cortices of the adrenal glands produce Cortisol and insufficient circulating...
Children abused through prostitution
Children abused through prostitution is a poorly understood and under researched...
Developing a nursing observation chart
For some time the A&E department at Ipswich had been using either a general...
Hair dye and henna tattoo exposure
Paraphenylenediamine (p-phenylenediamine, PPD) is a colourless/slightly pink, grey...
Improving the efficiency of patient handover
Handover is an important nursing ritual, essential for continuity of care (Kennedy...
Mental health nursing developing effective education in A&E
Chloe the triage nurse thought the man in front of her was obviously crazy. He was...
Acute coronary syndrome
Emergency nurses are pivotal to the management of patients with an acute coronary...