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.
Climate of care and nurses’ attitudes towards AIDS in the emergency department
Despite recent advancements in treatment for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (...
Hospital management of poisoning in victims suffering from smoke inhalation
THE ARRIVAL OF VICTIMS OF smoke inhalation in emergency departments presents those...
Organisation of care for older people in A&E
THE NEEDS OF OLDER PEOPLE REPRESENT an under-recognised but significant part of the...
Developing paediatric nursing skills
THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES AN INNOVATIVE PROJECT WHICH TOOK place at Kings College...
An investigation
Attendance in A&E has continued to rise by 2 per cent annually since 1981....
Using telemedicine for remote trauma medicine What the public thinks
We were due to start a free standing minor injuries unit (MIU) at a community...
The health psychology of asthma
Asthma is a common and chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways, associated...
Severe head injury in children: a case study
On August 20, 1998, at three o’clock in the afternoon, Michael Fisher (not his real...
Why are we waiting?
Accident and emergency units are one of the key interfaces between patients and the...
Plant poisoning
Ingestion of plant material is a relatively common cause of enquiry to poisons...
the Emerging role of the nurse practitioner in A&E
The nurse practitioner (NP) concept differs most obviously from conventional...
Role modelling as a teaching method
While studying for my Masters in education, I have been encouraged to examine how I...
TELEMEDICINE — the technology and its applications
The prefix ‘tele’ means distance in Greek, and so telemedicine means delivering...
the therapy of touch
The objective of task orientated touch in trauma resuscitation is to bring about a...
Antipsychotic drug overdose
Antipsychotic drugs (or neuroleptics) are a large class of drugs which can be...
Photographs and mementos THE EMERGENCY NURSE’S ROLE FOLLOWING SUDDEN INFANT DEATH
This article examines the taking of mementos when dealing with a victim of cot...
Nurse practitioner autonomy in a clinical setting
Nurse practitioners (NPs) in the United States have been providing care in hospital...
Antifreeze poisoning
As with other specialties, poisoning follows seasonal trends. We have just seen the...