Emergency Nursing

There is a lot to learn in emergency care! I never managed to get a placement in ‘Casualty’ when I was training, so I was very shocked when someone on the recruitment panel for my first job thought I would be suited to the emergency department (ED). Twenty-five years later, and I am still learning. Unlike other fields of care, pre-registration education prepares clinical staff poorly for emergency care, for the sheer volume and nature of work, for the complexity and often simplicity of the patie