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

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