Urgent and Emergency Care
Use this guide to find information resources about urgent and emergency care including books, reports and journal articles.
Key Resources
Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Emergency Care Association (2017) National curriculum and competency framework. Emergency nursing (level 1), London: RCN.
Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Emergency Care Association (2017) National curriculum and competency framework. Emergency nursing (level 2), London: RCN.
Royal College of Emergency Medicine (no date) Clinical guidelines. London: RCEM.
Books
Crouch R, Charters A, Dawood M and Bennett P (eds.) (2016) Oxford handbook of emergency nursing. 2nd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Cunningham S and Moore T (2020) Nursing skills in safety and protection. London: Routledge.
Diamond-Fox S, Hill B, Stone S, McCrea C, Gardner N and Roberts A (eds.) (2024) The advanced practitioner in acute, emergency and critical care. 5th edn. Wiley-Blackwell.
Dutton H and Finch J (2018) Acute and critical care nursing at a glance. Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell.
Ellis P, Standing M and Howatson-Jones L (2023) Patient assessment and care planning in nursing. 4th edn. London: Learning Matters.
Harrison R and Daly L (2019) A nurse's survival guide to acute medical emergencies. 3rd edn. Edinburgh: Elsevier.
Hickman R, Alfes C and Fitzpatrick J (eds.) (2018) Handbook of clinical nursing: critical and emergency care nursing. New York: Springer.
Peate I and Dutton H (2021) Acute nursing care: recognising and responding to medical emergencies. 2nd edn. Abingdon: Routledge.
Peate I (2020) Fundamentals of assessment and care planning for nurses. Hoboken: Wiley Blackwell.
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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Journals
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