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Putting patients first

01 October 2010

Emergency Nurse

Opinion

THROUGHOUT MY career in urgent care, I have believed that emergency nurses’ overwhelming professional priority is the provision of high quality care.

Board’s eye view

01 February 2008

Emergency Nurse

Forum

As emergency care nurses, we have the privilege and pleasure of meeting and caring for a diverse population of patients.

More Blood More Sweat + Another Cup of Tea

01 July 2010

Emergency Nurse

Book Review

This is the second collection of writings by ‘Tom Reynolds’, the pen name of Brian Kellett, based on his weblog Random Acts of Reality.

Board’s eye view

01 April 2007

Emergency Nurse

Forum

The NHS is seldom out of the news headlines these days, but rarely to report excellence in care. Instead, the news is usually of ward closures, or of threats to...

Board’s eye view

01 December 2008

Emergency Nurse

Forum

Christmas and the New Year are always good times to reflect on the year just past, but 2008 is particularly so as it marks the 60th anniversary of the NHS.

Severe sepsis: do emergency departments offer patients optimal care?

01 April 2007

Emergency Nurse

Clinical

Sepsis claims thousands of lives every day throughout the world (Kieft et al 1993), while patients with severe sepsis occupy about 46 per cent of all intensive care...

Assessing, treating and managing patients with sepsis

24 August 2005

Nursing Standard

CPD

This article outlines the causes, signs and symptoms of systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock, the implications and...

Severe sepsis in A&E

01 September 2005

Emergency Nurse

CPD

In this article, the author clarifies the definition of sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock, describes the physiological changes that occur and the initial...