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Three challenges for care staff

10 February 2012

Emergency Nurse

Editorial

It is heartening to see that emergency nurses are supporting the Care campaign, launched by Emergency Nurse’s sister journal, Nursing Standard, and the Patients...

RCN Emergency Care Association appoints new chair and members

07 December 2011

Emergency Nurse

News

Consultant emergency nurse Andrew Frazer, has taken over from Jim Bethel as chair of the RCN Emergency Care Association committee.

Recognising signs and symptoms of patient deterioration

06 December 2012

Emergency Nurse

Feature

Patients’ conditions can deteriorate quickly and potentially result in unnecessary death. Although this is more common in acute clinical settings, it can happen in...

Role of emergency nurses in controlling infection

06 December 2012

Emergency Nurse

Feature

Suboptimal infection-control practice raises the risk of infection in emergency departments, while time constraints and the presence of large numbers of staff with...

Emergency care staff receive guidance on suicide prevention

08 November 2012

Emergency Nurse

Analysis

Care services minister Norman Lamb has declared that mental and physical health are of equal importance (Department of Health 2012).

Foundation trusts face fundamental problems breaking even, study finds

08 November 2012

Emergency Nurse

Analysis

Emergency departments have improved efficiency and introduced innovations in practice, yet are still losing money, according to the Foundation Trust Network (FTN).

Hope for the future

06 December 2012

Emergency Nurse

Opinion

As 2012 draws to an end, emergency nurses across the UK are trying to cope with patients who have higher clinical acuity, as well as with increasing trolley waits...

Trauma centre status

08 November 2012

Emergency Nurse

Opinion

In March, the hospital in which I work, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB), was designated a major trauma centre and is equipped to treat some of the most...

Younger patients miss out on temperature and blood monitoring

08 November 2012

Emergency Nurse

News

Emergency care staff are failing to monitor the temperatures and blood pressures of younger patients who have low levels of consciousness, audit results show.

Taliban victim responds well to treatment after trauma centre transfer

08 November 2012

Emergency Nurse

News

Fifteen-year-old Malala Yousufzai, shot in the head last month by religious fundamentalists, continues to respond well to treatment, according to staff at Queen...