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.
Courtesy calls
Thrombolysis administration is an integral part of the modern management of acute...
Anaphylaxis
The true incidence of anaphylaxis is unknown but thought to be on the increase (...
Acute compartment syndrome
Acute compartment syndrome is a common but potentially life threatening condition...
Cranial nerve damage
Emergency nurse practitioners (ENPs) are considered integral to multidisciplinary...
Supracondylar fracture of the humerus
About 3.5 million children attend UK A&E departments every year (Royal...
Scaphoid fractures
Wrist injuries are frequently encountered in emergency departments (Chakravarty et...
Knee injuries
The knee joint is the largest and most complicated joint in the body (Snell 2000)....
Acute pancreatitis
Acute pancreatitis is a common emergency with potentially devastating consequences...
Reforming emergency care: what GPS really want
The Birmingham Heartlands and Solihull NHS Teaching Trust implemented a nurse led...
Working together
Government documents and reforms to improve care delivery have prompted many...
Nurse requested X-rays in A&E department
Shortening waiting times in A&E departments is high on the government...
Oxpentifylline: an advance in the treatment of frostbite
Staff working in London teaching hospitals rarely see cases of cold induced...
Urinary retention: issues of management and care
Urinary retention is the most common urological emergency encountered by nursing...
Developing a nurse led GP referral service
Nurses based in an emergency assessment area at Birmingham Heartlands and Soli-hull...
Proprioception exercises following ankle sprain
Ankle sprains are among the most common injuries seen in A&E, and so...
Consultant nurses: the next generation
In this paper we describe the thinking behind a three-year pilot development...
Smoke inhalation: assessing and managing patients
Despite multidisciplinary approaches to fire prevention, fires continue to cause...
Acute severe asthma in pregnancy
There are an estimated 1.9 million adults with asthma in the UK, equating to about...