Emergency care research is essential if we are to challenge existing practice
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Emergency care research is essential if we are to challenge existing practice

Tricia Scott Consultant editor, Emergency Nurse

The fast-paced emergency care setting poses specific challenges for participation in research because of the limited time for patients to digest information, especially when in pain or crisis. It is also challenging for nurses to gain consent from patients who may be experiencing altered consciousness or mental health crisis.

Emergency Nurse. 31, 2, 5-5. doi: 10.7748/en.31.2.5.s1

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