Patricia Scott

Teaching emotional intelligence

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Jim Bethel Senior lecturer and nurse practitioner in emergency care, University of Wolverhampton Hannah Bryant Resuscitation officer, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham Amanda Burston RCN Nurse of the Year and major trauma co-ordinator, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Shelley Cummings Professional lead for safeguarding, Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust, Surrey Rachel Lyons Associate clinical professor of nursing, Rutgers University, Newark NJ Lorna McInulty Senior lecturer in emergency and unscheduled care, University of Central Lancashire Mike Parker Lecturer in acute and critical care nursing at the University of York Mike Paynter Consultant nurse, Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Andrew Rideout Advanced nurse practitioner, emergency department, Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary Linsey Sheerin Lead nurse in emergency care at Antrim Area Hospital, Northern Health and Social Care Trust

Is credentialing the solution to the workforce crisis

With the number of patient attendances increasing, we need to address the challenges facing the emergency care workforce, particularly how the system can survive the shortage of doctors. It is a strategic priority for Health Education England (HEE) to ensure an emergency care workforce with the right numbers, skills and behaviours, that can respond to the changing patterns of service.

Duty to care has never been more relevant

The recent attack on Westminster Bridge in London sparked an immediate response from the emergency services who tried to save the lives of the many people who had been mowed down by a single perpetrator. The emergency teams should be commended for their work during such an extreme and difficult situation.

Why weight should be the fifth vital sign we check

The disturbing fact that more than 1.9 billion adults across the world are overweight was revealed in the Global Burden of Disease Study in 2013. The study classes more than 600 million of these people as obese, representing 13% of the worldwide adult population.

We must integrate services for people with mental health issues

It is clear from the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) report published last month that hospitals are failing to integrate physical and mental healthcare. As a result, patients with mental health issues are receiving poor care and nurses are too often failing to refer such patients to the appropriate specialist support.

Every child with an autism spectrum condition has specific needs

Autism is a lifelong developmental disability that affects perceptions of the world and interactions with other people. About 700,000 people, or one in 100, live with an autism spectrum condition (ASC) in the UK and there is greater prevalence among males.

Use of automated external defibrillators saves lives

Ambulance services in England attempt the resuscitation of almost 30,000 people who have experienced out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) each year. Outcomes can be much improved if automated external defibrillators (AEDs) are used immediately after cardiac arrest and before emergency services arrive on the scene.

When will the government deliver

Tricia Scott, Editorial, When will the government deliver?, Emergency Nurse, Vol. 23 (9): 5-5, published in print 8 February 2016, doi: https://doi.org/10.7748/en.23.9.5.s1.

Major trauma guidance

Tricia Scott, Editorial, Major trauma guidance, Emergency Nurse, Vol. 23 (10): 5-5, published in print 7 March 2016, doi: https://doi.org/10.7748/en.23.10.5.s1.

Patient and staff opinions are vital in debate about services

The NHS consults and collaborates with patients, carers and the public in a spirit of public involvement. This means that listening to, and acting on, feedback is important during the planning, redesigning and reconfiguring of services.