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.
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...
Comparing clinical management of overdoses
Self-poisoning, second only to ischaemic heart disease, is the most common cause of...
Equipping the pre-hospital care team
Of the 291 A&E departments in the United Kingdom, 121 (41.6 per cent)...
Organ donation and transplantation
Organ donation and transplantation are highly controversial and emotive areas of...
Lightning strike injuries
In the United States lightning is responsible for more deaths than any other...
Care of patients with chemical eye injury
There are many ocular emergencies that can present in accident and emergency...
Wound treatment and dressing choice
Wound treatment and dressing choice can be a complicated decision making process....