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.
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...
Stabbing injuries
Low velocity penetrating injuries commonly occur in the younger adult male. In a...
Provision of clean injecting equipment
Providing clean needles and syringes to injecting drug users is one established...
Environmental provisions for children in A&E
The need to consider the effect of the hospital environment on the hospitalised...
Chronic alcohol users attending A&E
The Department of Health (1), in its Health of the Nation document, has set targets...
Mental health care: expanding nursing roles
It is estimated that about 2,500 individuals are admitted to mental health...
Care of the infant with bronchiolitis
During winter, caring for babies with bronchiolitis is a common occurrence for most...
Psychological aspects of pre-hospital care
Nurses working in the pre-hospital environment are well placed to provide...
Nurse practitioners in A&E: a literature review
The emergency nurse practitioner’s role provides a new complementary minor injury...
Management of near drowning incidents
About 500 people the in drowning accidents in the UK each year(1). Although there...
Care of the pregnant woman in A&E
Pregnancy may be the cause of an emergency or incidental to it. In cases where the...
Pre-hospital care delivery
Few nurses would undertake an expansion of an existing role, for example...
A literature review
As many as 35 per cent of women attending A&E may do so as a result of...