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.
Meningococcal disease
This article discusses meningococcal disease and outlines the role of the nurse in...
Care of patients with minor eye trauma
The majority of eye injuries are superficial in nature and transient in their...
Trauma scoring in A&E
During recent years the term ‘trauma score’ has become commonplace in the everyday...
Setting up an ENP service: options, planning and pitfalls
A&E nursing has been one of the most fervent supporters of the development...
Practices and procedures for universal precautions
In an article in last month’s Emergency Nurse, the need for universal precautions...
Anaphylaxis
This article outlines the nurse’s role in treating people who are experiencing an...
Managing actual and potential hostage taking incidents
Ann Jacobs, the A&E Sister, was clearly tired, not to mention irritated, to...
Systematic eye examination in A&E
This article gives a description of the techniques and equipment needed in order to...
Caring for children
About three million children attend A&E departments each year (Selley 1991...
Principles of universal precautions
Universal precautions is the term used to describe practices taken to reduce the...
Nursing management of minor burn injuries
This article discusses burns, with particular emphasis on minor burn injuries, and...
Caring for the patient with Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s disease was first mentioned as a specific entity in an American nursing...
Treating the child with minor scalp wounds
A child arrives in A&E holding a blood stained cloth to his head. He looks...
Communication and trauma management
This paper will discuss how effectively we communicate as healthcare professionals...
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
This article outlines the recently updated guidelines of the European Resuscitation...
Stabbing injuries
Low velocity penetrating injuries commonly occur in the younger adult male. In a...