Editorial EDITOR Nick Lipley Tel: +44 (0)20 8872 3166 Email: [email protected] CONSULTANT EDITOR Tricia Scott Senior lecturer and emergency care research lead at the Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care, University of Hertfordshire EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Jim Bethel Senior lecturer and nurse practitioner in emergency care, University of Wolverhampton Hannah Bryant Resuscitation officer, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham Amanda Burston RCN Nurse of the Year and major trauma co-ordinator, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Shelley Cummings Professional lead for safeguarding, Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust, Surrey Rachel Lyons Associate clinical professor of nursing, Rutgers University, Newark NJ Lorna McInulty Senior lecturer in emergency and unscheduled care, University of Central Lancashire Mike Parker Lecturer in acute and critical care nursing at the University of York Mike Paynter Consultant nurse, Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Andrew Rideout Advanced nurse practitioner, emergency department, Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary Linsey Sheerin Lead nurse in emergency care at Antrim Area Hospital, Northern Health and Social Care Trust
Nursing is a global concern I had the privilege last month of speaking at the International Council of Nurses (ICN) conference in Seoul, South Korea, where about 7,000 nurses from 119 different countries explored the importance of global co-operation in nursing. ICN president Judith Shamian paid tribute to the Korean Nurses Association for hosting the conference despite the threat of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome. She warned that outbreaks of such diseases test our ability to respond swiftly and effectively. We must be prepared.
Assistant editor Sophie Blakemore Tel: +44 (0)20 8872 3186 Email: [email protected] Production editor Duncan Tyler Tel: +44 (0)20 8872 3133 Email: [email protected] Administration manager Helen Hyland Email: [email protected] Administration assistant Sandra Lynch
Referring to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, World Health Organization (WHO) director general Margaret Chan said: ‘A person who saves a life is a hero; a person who saves hundreds of lives is a nurse. Yet that person is likely to be overworked, underpaid and under-appreciated.’
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Meanwhile, Global Health Alliance executive and WHO health workforce department director Jim Campbell
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It is essential that we protect citizens and nurses by investing to ensure that all healthcare systems meet expected standards
Tricia Scott Consultant editor
announced a global strategy for human resources for health, which should enable closer international working arrangements for nurses. While I was away the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence suspended its work on emergency department staffing levels (page 7), a move that underlines how crucial is the RCN Emergency Care Association’s development of a Baseline Emergency Staffing Tool (pages 14-19). In the UK, as elsewhere in the world, it is essential that we protect citizens and nurses by investing to ensure that all healthcare systems meet expected standards. Nurses need access to the correct equipment, safe numbers of nurses, sound knowledge and competence-based education. ■ Dr Chan’s speech can be accessed at tinyurl.com/nelwwng Tricia Scott is senior lecturer and emergency care research lead at the Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care, University of Hertfordshire
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Nursing is a global concern I had the privilege last month of speaking at the International Council of Nurses (ICN) conference in Seoul, South Korea, where about 7,000 nurses from 119 different countries explored the importance of global co-operation in nursing. ICN president Judith Shamian paid tribute to the Korean Nurses Association for hosting the conference despite the threat of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome. She warned that outbreaks of such diseases test our ability to respond swiftly and effectively. We must be prepared.
Assistant editor Sophie Blakemore Tel: +44 (0)20 8872 3186 Email: [email protected] Production editor Duncan Tyler Tel: +44 (0)20 8872 3133 Email: [email protected] Administration manager Helen Hyland Email: [email protected] Administration assistant Sandra Lynch
Referring to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, World Health Organization (WHO) director general Margaret Chan said: ‘A person who saves a life is a hero; a person who saves hundreds of lives is a nurse. Yet that person is likely to be overworked, underpaid and under-appreciated.’
BUSINESS UNIT Display advertisements Tel: +44 (0)20 8872 3123 Classified advertisements Tel: +44 (0)20 8423 1333 EMERGENCY NURSE RCNi, The Heights, 59-65 Lowlands Road Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex HA1 3AW Emergency Nurse is indexed, abstracted and/or published online in the following media: British Nursing Index, CINAHL, Medline and Ovid ABC APPLICATION APPROVED 8,160 (Jan-Dec 2013)
Meanwhile, Global Health Alliance executive and WHO health workforce department director Jim Campbell
SUBSCRIPTION DEPARTMENT RCNi subscription department, Copse Walk, Cardiff Gate Business Park, Cardiff CF23 8XG. Tel: +44 (0)345 772 6100 Print edition rates Personal: from £73 a year in the UK and Europe, and from £121 a year in the rest of the world. Institutional: from £446 a year Email: [email protected] ©2015 RCNi. All rights reserved. Not to be copied, transmitted or recorded in any way, in whole or part, without prior permission of the publishers. ISSN 1354-5752 (print). ISSN 2047-8984 (online) Printed by Stephens and George, Merthyr Tydfil, on acid-free paper
It is essential that we protect citizens and nurses by investing to ensure that all healthcare systems meet expected standards
Tricia Scott Consultant editor
announced a global strategy for human resources for health, which should enable closer international working arrangements for nurses. While I was away the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence suspended its work on emergency department staffing levels (page 7), a move that underlines how crucial is the RCN Emergency Care Association’s development of a Baseline Emergency Staffing Tool (pages 14-19). In the UK, as elsewhere in the world, it is essential that we protect citizens and nurses by investing to ensure that all healthcare systems meet expected standards. Nurses need access to the correct equipment, safe numbers of nurses, sound knowledge and competence-based education. ■ Dr Chan’s speech can be accessed at tinyurl.com/nelwwng Tricia Scott is senior lecturer and emergency care research lead at the Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care, University of Hertfordshire
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