A man living with cancer died after being given multiple overdoses of morphine
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Clinical factors in prescribing anticoagulation for a patient with a DVT
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An overview of these agents, their history and manufacture, and how they affect physiology
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Evaluating the effectiveness of two established pain assessment tools for children
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This article reviews the evidence associated with the Royal College of Nursing (2017) Emer
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The UK has a serious shortage of nurses and for the first time in recent nursing history 2
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Aim Researchers have begun to examine work engagement in nursing, but there is little rese
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Frequent attenders to emergency departments (EDs) are a heterogeneous group who have tradi
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Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia, and there is a one in four lifetim
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Distal forearm fractures are a common presentation in UK emergency departments (EDs).
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Injuries to the tarsometatarsal joint complex, also refe
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UK emergency departments (EDs) are high-pressure environ
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Aim Clinical handover at the point of disch
In the final part of this three-part series, David Hunter and colleagues analyse the factors that enable and support delivery of compassionate care in emergency departments (EDs).
Aim The aim of this study was to examine an emergency department’s (ED) multidisciplinary teams’ (MDTs) attitudes towards an advanced nurse practitioner (ANP) service. The ED in question is not the author’s place of work.
Fingertip injuries in children are a common presentation in emergency settings. These injuries result from a variety of mechanisms with most occurring at home by crushing fingers in a door and are distressing for the child and parent or carer.
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a common occurrence in the UK, with 60,000 cases reported annually. To improve outcomes among these patients it is necessary to improve links in the cardiac arrest chain of survival.
In the second part of this three-part series, David Hunter and colleagues discuss the barriers to the provision of compassionate care in emergency departments (EDs).
Aim The aim of the study was to explore the reasons why people do not always wait to receive treatment after registering in emergency departments (EDs).
