Issues in Accident and Emergency Nursing

252 Pages·1994·7.7 MB·English

by  A. McKenna

Issues in Accident and
Emergency Nursing
Issues in Accident and
Emergency Nursing
Edited by
Lynn Sbaih
Department of Health Care Studies
Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester
UK
SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.v.
First edition 1994
© 1994 Sprin~er Science+Business Media Dordrecht
Originally published by Chapman & Hall in 1994
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DOI 10.1007/978-1-4899-3164-1
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Contents
List of contributors ix
Acknowledgements xi
An introduction and guide to the use of this book xiii
1. The emergency nurse practitioner 1
A. McKenna, C. Woolwich and K. Burgess
2. Liaison psychiatry in A and E 29
S.P. Edgeley and D. W. Rowell
3. Trauma centres in the UK: a nursing perspective 45
S. Davies and I. Wood
4. The development of trauma education for A and E
nurses in the UK 69
L. Hadfield-Law
5. An introduction to quality issues in the A and E
department 88
J. Dutton
6. Technology in the A and E department: a nursing
perspective 107
J. Dutton
7. Solving problems in the A and E department: a basis
for nursing practice 123
L. Sbaih
8. The moral problems involved in the concept of
patient triage in the A and E department 150
C. Jones and G. Hall
9. The elderly person in A and E 165
P. Kingston and A. Hopwood
viii Contents
10. Care of the child in the A and E department 183
R. Burton
Appendix A: Critical incident technique form 215
Appendix B: North Staffordshire Health Authority
Adequate care of the elderly guidelines 218
Appendix C: Elderly care nursing assessment form 230
Index 232
Contributors
Kate Burgess RGN, A and E Manager, Southend Hospital, Essex.
Roberta Burton RGN, ENB 995, Nursing Development Unit Facilitator
for the Royal Hospitals, Belfast.
Simon Davies BN (Hons), RGN, OCR, ATNC(P), Trauma Research
Fellow, Department of Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Keele
University, and Staff Nurse, Emergency Department, North Stafford
shire Hospital, Stoke on Trent.
Janet Dutton BA, RGN, ENB 199, Special Projects Officer (Research),
North Lincolnshire Health Authority District Headquarters, Lincoln.
Steve Edgeley RMN, DipN, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Liaison
Psychiatry, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester.
Lisa Hadfield-Law RGN, A&tE Certificate, ATNC (I), TNCC (P),
Independent Consultant and Chairperson, ATNC Steering Committee.
Gill Hall RGN, CertEd, RNT, ENB 199, Course Teacher, ENB 199
A&E Nursing, School of Health Studies, Aintree Hospital, Liverpool.
Alison Hopwood RGN, ENB 199, Senior Staff Nurse, Emergency
Department, North Staffordshire Hospital, Stoke on Trent.
Chris Jones BA, RGN, ENB 100, RNT, Course Teacher ENB 125,
Intensive and Coronary Care Nursing, School of Health Studies,
Aintree Hospital, Liverpool.
Paul Kingston RNMH, RMN, MA (Gerontology), CertEd, Research
Fellow, Department of Applied Social Studies, University of Keele.
Adele McKenna RGN, ENB 199, Staff Nurse, Emergency Department,
North Staffordshire Hospital, Stoke on Trent.
Dave Rowell RMN, EN(M), Clinical Nurse Specialist, Psychiatric
Liaison, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester.
x Contributors
Lynn Sbaih BSc(Hons), RGN, RMN, ENB 199, Senior Lecturer,
Department of Health Studies, Manchester Metropolitan University,
Manchester.
Ian Wood RGN, ENB 199, TNCC(P), ENB 998, Charge Nurse,
Emergency Department, North Staffordshire Hospital Centre, Stoke
on Trent.
Cherine Woolwich RGN, ONC, A&E Cert, Sister, St Mary's Hospital,
Praed Street, London.
Acknowledgements
Thanks are due to all who have contributed to this book and given
an ongoing commitment of time and energy.
Thanks are also due to the many who have listened to ideas and
provided support and advice during the months of the book's growth.