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Management of minor head injury in adults

08 November 2010

Emergency Nurse

Feature

Head injury accounts for up to 20 per cent of emergency department (ED) attendances (Kay and Teasdale 2001), and approximately 800,000 patients attend UK EDs with...

Early management of children with minor head injuries

05 March 2010

Emergency Nurse

Feature

In the UK, about 260,000 children with head injuries attend emergency departments each year (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) 2007,...

Visits to the wards by non ward-based personnel

10 November 1992

Nursing Standard

Nursing practice

Fourteen acute hospital wards in five different hospitals were observed for three days. Observers recorded the number and type of non ward-based personnel coming...