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<p>As a newly qualified nurse in a busy A&E department, I made two relatively minor drug errors in my first week.
<p>Nurses working in emergency care often have to manage patients with undifferentiated and previously undiagnosed conditions.
<p>In the past 28 years, there have been 108 events classed as major incidents in England.
<p>Nurses working in emergency care often have to manage patients with undifferentiated and previously undiagnosed conditions.
<p>The bomb attacks on the London transport system on July 7 this year brought home the reality and horror of terrorism to nursing staff at St Mary’s Hospital, in the west
<p>Acute renal colic is a common presentation in emergency departments.
<p>Nursing care in ambulance services is part of pre-hospital emergency care in Sweden.</p>
<p>Researchers recognise that healthcare workers, particularly nurses, are at risk of violence at work (Carter 2000, Clement 1992, Schnieden and Marren-Bell 1995).</p&g
<p>Nurses working in emergency care often have to manage patients with undifferentiated and previously undiagnosed conditions.
<p>This article defines Raynaud’s phenomenon, outlines the signs and symptoms as well as the classifications of the disease, and discusses the treatment options for primar
<p>The scaphoid is the most frequently fractured carpal bone, accounting for 71per cent of all carpal bone fractures and between 2 and 7per cent of all orthopaedic fractur
<p>Caring for people whose relatives have died suddenly and unexpectedly is one of the most difficult and challenging events to which healthcare professionals must respond
<p>Nurses working in emergency care often have to manage patients with undifferentiated and previously undiagnosed conditions. This month, Emergency Nurse launches a new series looking at how emergency nurses across the UK have tackled the unusual and unexpected</p>
<p>Recognition of symptoms of respiratory illness is one of the most common reasons that parents seek medical attention for their children (Kline 2003).</p>
<p>Emergency care has evolved rapidly since The NHS Plan (Department of Health 2000) provided the initiative to re-examine the organisation and delivery of health care in the UK.</p>
<p>There is increasing interest in understanding how nurses make decisions in clinical practice (Smith Higuchi and Donald 2002) and during triage assess‑ ment (Gerdtz and Bucknall 1999).</p>
<p>By definition, the ‘regular attender’ is well known to the emergency nurse.
<p>It is estimated that around 5.2 million people in the UK suffer from asthma, making it the most common long term illness in this country.</p>
