Emergency Care

Youd J and Crawford I (2020) Nursing workforce standards for type 1 emergency departments. Royal College of Nursing and Royal College of Emergency Medicine.

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Royal College of Nursing Emergency Care Association (2017) National curriculum and competency framework. Emergency nursing (level 1), London: RCN. 

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Royal College of Nursing Emergency Care Association (2017) National curriculum and competency framework. Emergency nursing (level 2), London: RCN. 

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Royal College of Nursing (2020) Maximising nursing skills in caring for children and young people in emergency care settings. London: RCN.

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Care Quality Commission (2023) Project reset in emergency medicine: Patient FIRST.

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CC3N (2018) Step Competency Framework.

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Royal College of Emergency Medicine (no date) Clinical guidelines. London: RCEM.

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Royal College of Physicians (2017) National Early Warning Score (NEWS) 2. London: RCP

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The Shelford Group: Safer nursing care tool

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We would like to thank the RCN Emergency Care member community for their input into the development of this subject guide

Boyd C (2023) Acute care for nurses. Hoboken: Wiley Blackwell.

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Crouch R, Charters A, Dawood M and Bennett P (eds.) (2016) Oxford handbook of emergency nursing. 2nd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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Cunningham S and Moore T (2020) Nursing skills in safety and protection. London: Routledge.

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Diamond-Fox S (2024) The advanced practitioner in acute, emergency and critical care. Hoboken: Wiley Blackwell.

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Dutton H and Finch J (2018) Acute and critical care nursing at a glance. Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell.

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Ellis P, Standing M and Howatson-Jones L (2023) Patient assessment and care planning in nursing. 4th edn. London: Learning Matters.

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Harrison R and Daly L (2019) A nurse's survival guide to acute medical emergencies. 3rd edn. Edinburgh: Elsevier.

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Hickman R, Alfes C and Fitzpatrick J (eds.) (2018) Handbook of clinical nursing: critical and emergency care nursing. New York: Springer.

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Peate I and Dutton H (2021) Acute nursing care: recognising and responding to medical emergencies. 2nd edn. Abingdon: Routledge.

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Peate I (2020) Fundamentals of assessment and care planning for nurses. Hoboken: Wiley Blackwell.

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Tait D, James J, Williams C and Barton D (2022) Acute and critical care in adult nursing. 3rd edn. Learning Matters, London.

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Use these links to see details of books the RCN libraries hold on each topic.

• Ambulance services and paramedic practice
• Emergency nursing
• Wounds and injuries

Use these links for details of journal articles on each topic.

• Emergency departments
• Emergency nursing practice
• Minor injuries units
• Paramedic practice

Journals of interest for emergency care. Use these links to see details of availability.

• Open access journal:
  BMC Emergency Medicine
• British Journal of Mental Health Nursing
• Emergency Nurse
• International Emergency Nursing
• JEN: Journal of Emergency Nursing
• Journal of Paramedic Practice
• Nurse Prescribing
• Nursing Children and Young People