Emergency Care
Use this guide to find information resources about emergency care including books, reports and journal articles.
Last updated:
16/05/2024
Key Resources
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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Care Quality Commission (2022) Project reset in emergency medicine: Patient FIRST.
CC3N (2018) Step Competency Framework.
Royal College of Physicians (2017) National Early Warning Score (NEWS) 2. London: RCP
The Shelford Group: Safer nursing care tool
We would like to thank the RCN Emergency Care member community for their input into the development of this subject guide
Books
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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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Journals
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