Emergency NursePub Date : 2023-05-02DOI: 10.7748/en.31.3.12.s5
L. Pearce
{"title":"Considering a career in defence nursing? Here’s what you need to know","authors":"L. Pearce","doi":"10.7748/en.31.3.12.s5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/en.31.3.12.s5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35711,"journal":{"name":"Emergency Nurse","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49630745","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emergency NursePub Date : 2023-05-02DOI: 10.7748/en.31.3.18.s8
Neal Scott Aplin
{"title":"How can nurses spot and manage delirium?","authors":"Neal Scott Aplin","doi":"10.7748/en.31.3.18.s8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/en.31.3.18.s8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35711,"journal":{"name":"Emergency Nurse","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45767564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emergency NursePub Date : 2023-05-02DOI: 10.7748/en.31.3.6.s2
Pavan Amara
{"title":"How to spot Henoch-Schönlein purpura in children and act on it","authors":"Pavan Amara","doi":"10.7748/en.31.3.6.s2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/en.31.3.6.s2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35711,"journal":{"name":"Emergency Nurse","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41395932","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emergency NursePub Date : 2023-05-02DOI: 10.7748/en.31.3.9.s3
Lisa Antonsen
{"title":"Can music aid relaxation in emergency departments?","authors":"Lisa Antonsen","doi":"10.7748/en.31.3.9.s3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/en.31.3.9.s3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35711,"journal":{"name":"Emergency Nurse","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46672293","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emergency NursePub Date : 2023-05-02DOI: 10.7748/en.31.3.17.s7
{"title":"Keep it clear to engage your readers","authors":"","doi":"10.7748/en.31.3.17.s7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/en.31.3.17.s7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35711,"journal":{"name":"Emergency Nurse","volume":"117 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135165955","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emergency NursePub Date : 2023-04-04DOI: 10.7748/en.2023.e2157
Sarah Curr, Edward Baker
{"title":"Managing infection prevention and control in the emergency care setting: an overview for emergency nurses.","authors":"Sarah Curr, Edward Baker","doi":"10.7748/en.2023.e2157","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/en.2023.e2157","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The control and prevention of infection in emergency departments (EDs) remains challenging because of the complexity of the environment and the consistently high attendance in many EDs. Emergency nurses play an essential role in infection prevention and control in this clinical area. The COVID-19 pandemic has refocused the need for emergency nurses to have a good knowledge and understanding of infection control processes and the clinical skills to protect themselves and patients alike. This article provides an overview of UK epidemiological perspectives, the main pathogens associated with healthcare infections, the importance of reducing pathogen transmission and the emergency nurse's role in antibiotic stewardship.</p>","PeriodicalId":35711,"journal":{"name":"Emergency Nurse","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9242605","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emergency NursePub Date : 2023-03-21DOI: 10.7748/en.2023.e2155
Kirsty Limeira Thomson, Edward Pool, Pauline Kerray
{"title":"Risk assessment and thromboprophylaxis in adult patients with lower-limb immobilisation.","authors":"Kirsty Limeira Thomson, Edward Pool, Pauline Kerray","doi":"10.7748/en.2023.e2155","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7748/en.2023.e2155","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Temporary lower-limb immobilisation following injury is a risk factor for the development of venous thromboembolism (VTE), which encompasses deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism. However, patients are not always risk-assessed for VTE in clinical practice and there is a lack of consensus among healthcare professionals on whether thromboprophylaxis should be offered and to whom. This article uses the fictional case study of a patient with an ankle fracture to explore the literature and guidance on VTE risk assessment and thromboprophylaxis in adults presenting to emergency settings with lower-limb trauma requiring immobilisation. It appears that it is important to consistently risk-assess patients and offer thromboprophylaxis to those deemed at moderate or high risk of VTE, since thromboprophylaxis is safe, efficacious and cost-effective in these patient groups.</p>","PeriodicalId":35711,"journal":{"name":"Emergency Nurse","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9500454","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emergency NursePub Date : 2023-02-28Epub Date: 2022-08-23DOI: 10.7748/en.2022.e2145
Simon Ross Deveau
{"title":"Pain assessment tools for use with children in acute pain in the emergency department.","authors":"Simon Ross Deveau","doi":"10.7748/en.2022.e2145","DOIUrl":"10.7748/en.2022.e2145","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There is a lack of timely administration of an appropriate analgesic for children in acute pain in emergency departments in the UK and elsewhere. Unrelieved acute pain may result in deterioration in a child's physical and psychological condition therefore assessment is essential to enable triage nurses to offer an appropriate analgesic. This should be achieved by using a validated pain assessment tool which, where appropriate, enables the child to self-report their pain. This article describes various validated pain assessment tools for use with children with acute pain and considers how triage nurses can determine which is the most appropriate to use. Regardless of which tool is selected, it is important to offer the child an analgesic and to reassess their pain at appropriate intervals.</p>","PeriodicalId":35711,"journal":{"name":"Emergency Nurse","volume":" ","pages":"21-26"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40419550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emergency NursePub Date : 2023-02-28Epub Date: 2022-08-15DOI: 10.7748/en.2022.e2137
Sarah Wait
{"title":"Engaging nurses in patient recruitment to research trials in the emergency department.","authors":"Sarah Wait","doi":"10.7748/en.2022.e2137","DOIUrl":"10.7748/en.2022.e2137","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Research is essential for the implementation of evidence-based practice and can lead to improvements and innovations in care delivery. Although ultimately beneficial for patients and staff, the data collection involved in research often presents challenges, particularly in the emergency department (ED) setting. This article describes the challenges of undertaking a feasibility trial in a city centre ED. The target research population were adult patients who presented to the ED with an issue related to opioid misuse, for example opioid overdose, injection site wounds and/or abscess, or injury sustained during opioid intoxication. Challenges experienced during this trial included a demanding work environment, ED attendees not being suitable for recruitment into research, and suspension of the trial during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The author details the strategies introduced to ensure effective patient recruitment to the trial, including nurse secondment onto the research team, offering incentives, raising awareness of the trial among ED staff and implementing flexible training. These strategies continued to be effective after a period of suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic.</p>","PeriodicalId":35711,"journal":{"name":"Emergency Nurse","volume":" ","pages":"27-31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40699922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emergency NursePub Date : 2023-02-28Epub Date: 2022-10-11DOI: 10.7748/en.2022.e2134
Mohammad Ali Heydari Gorji, Azar Khodabakshi Sahebi, Tahereh Yaghoubi, Jamshid Yazdani Cherati, Salma Ahmed, Leila Zhianfar
{"title":"Investigating the link between organisational justice, positive organisational behaviour and productivity in emergency nurses.","authors":"Mohammad Ali Heydari Gorji, Azar Khodabakshi Sahebi, Tahereh Yaghoubi, Jamshid Yazdani Cherati, Salma Ahmed, Leila Zhianfar","doi":"10.7748/en.2022.e2134","DOIUrl":"10.7748/en.2022.e2134","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Human resource management and employees' performance are fundamental to the success of healthcare organisations. Therefore, it is important to consider the factors that may affect employees' performance.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To determine the relationship between perceived organisational justice, positive organisational behaviour (POB) and the productivity of emergency nurses.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This was a descriptive-analytical study that involved distributing questionnaires to emergency nurses working in hospitals affiliated with Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences in Iran. The researchers used proportionate stratified sampling to calculate the sample size. Three questionnaires were used to collect data on organisational justice, POB and productivity. The data were analysed using the Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression tests.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The questionnaires were distributed to 284 emergency nurses and completed by 234 of them. The results demonstrated a significant relationship between the productivity of the emergency nurses and the variables of perceived organisational justice and POB.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Higher levels of perceived organisational justice and POB in the ED setting are likely to lead to increased productivity among emergency nurses, and as a result the quality of patient care is likely to improve. Therefore, healthcare organisations should pay particular attention to the application of organisational justice, with the aim of promoting POB among nurses and increasing their productivity.</p>","PeriodicalId":35711,"journal":{"name":"Emergency Nurse","volume":" ","pages":"33-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33499904","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}