Editorial

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The RCN emergency care forum is reviewing workforce standards for type 1 emergency departments

The RCN emergency care forum seeks to support, represent and be the voice of nurses workin

16 Apr 2025
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An older person lies on a bed in an emergency department corridor because there is nowhere else to put them. This is part of the emergency department crisis affecting patients and nurses

In a radio interview health secretary Wes Streeting said: ‘We are taking people in ambulan

20 Feb 2025
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New survey reveals that 80% of urgent treatment centre patients felt staff definitely listened to them: emergency nurse discusses condition and treatment with a patient

The Care Quality Commission’s Urgent and Emergency Care Survey 2024 reveals the emergency

12 Dec 2024
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Traumatic events can have a huge effect on nurses in emergency departments and healthcare staff often need space and time to reflect. Picture shows a nurse with his head in his hand leaning against a wall, while a colleague offers support

Nurses working in the emergency department have had to develop new skills and knowledge in

24 Oct 2024
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NHS in crisis: a man on a ladder tries to fix a torn NHS sign

A new Labour government aims to target ineffective NHS management practice and implement p

13 Aug 2024
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Illustration showing five nurses with their arms linked in a show of strength and unity

Toxic and blame-based emergency department cultures can make nurses feel unsafe and bullie

10 Jun 2024
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Scenes from a busy emergency department: in the foreground a senior sister updates another member of staff on care priorities

RCN's emergency care forum is committed to making the nursing specialty one to be proud of

09 Apr 2024
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A triage nurse speaks to a patient and her friend to assess their symptoms in the emergency department

Patient and carer frustrations can soon boil over in a pressurised emergency department, s

07 Feb 2024
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A busy emergency department with a paramedic looking serious, a nurse looking concerned while holding paperwork, while another nurse speaks to someone on the phone

Winter heaps more pressure on an already overstretched workforce, but by working together

05 Dec 2023
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Toxic behaviour

Bullying and harassment in the emergency department takes on many forms and can be openly

27 Apr 2022
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Ambulance

Too many patients must wait excessive periods for care in emergency departments.

29 Jan 2018

Nominate yourself or a colleague for this year’s RCNi Nurse Awards 

04 Dec 2017

Patients and professionals must recognise the signs and symptoms of sepsis much more quickl

02 Nov 2017

Emergency care staff have an opportunity to create more integrated services.

02 Oct 2017

We need to do more to retain emergency nurses under increasing levels of workplace stress.

31 Aug 2017

Autism is a lifelong developmental disability that affects perceptions of the world and int

04 Jul 2017

Ambulance services in England attempt the resuscitation of almost 30,000 people who have ex

05 Jun 2017

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