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A nose for trouble

Mike Paynter Senior nurse practitioner, Emergency department, Bristol Royal Infirmary

MIKE PAYNTER recalls how emergency care staff helped remove a pair of earring magnets from inside a patient’s nose

Emergency nurse practitioners (ENPs) frequently encounter unusual clinical presentations, and locating and removing foreign bodies (FBs) from various anatomical locations are common procedures for them.

Emergency Nurse. 13, 1, 21-21. doi: 10.7748/en2005.04.13.1.21.c1212

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01 April 2005 / Vol 13 issue 1

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