Emergency Nursing at a Glance

Everything you need to know about Emergency Nursing… at a Glance!

Emergency Nursing at a Glance, Second Edition, remains an essential resource for nursing students and newly qualified practitioners working in emergency and urgent care environments. This concise, visually engaging book provides up-to-date, evidence-based knowledge across a broad range of emergency presentations. Building on the strengths of the first edition, Emergency Nursing at a Glance is fully updated to ensure relevance in today’s clinical landscape. New peer-reviewed content—organised into themed chapters that reflect the diverse nature of emergency nursing—includes infectious diseases, frailty, safeguarding vulnerable adults, and sickle cell crisis.

Equipping readers with the knowledge and confidence to provide safe, responsive care in the fast-paced and ever-evolving emergency care setting, Emergency Nursing at a Glance:

• Addresses a full spectrum of care needs in adults, children, mental health, and people with a learning disability
• Incorporates the latest evidence-based guidance and clinical best practices
• Supports understanding of triage, assessment, and common emergency presentations across multiple settings
• Includes updated content on legal, professional, and ethical responsibilities
• Presented in a user-friendly format designed for quick reference, effective learning, and revision

Emergency Nursing at a Glance is ideal for undergraduate and postgraduate nursing students studying emergency care as part of BSc or MSc Nursing programmes in adult, child, mental health, and learning disability fields. It is also a valuable reference for newly qualified nurses and junior staff in emergency departments, urgent treatment centres, minor injuries units, and a useful resource when undertaking CPD.