Registered nurses in emergency nursing
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Overview
Nurses in emergency nursing care for patients with emergencies from almost all specialties and manage the nursing process even under time pressure. They use triage systems to assess urgency and monitor vital functions, consciousness and pain with the help of medical technology. They provide materials and medication, assist with emergency procedures and document them. Their tasks include resuscitation, first airway measures, structured trauma management as well as positioning, immobilisation and transport. They coordinate workflows across teams, communicate in stressful situations and apply quality and risk management methods.
Profession by country
Fields of use and typical tasks
Notfallpflege
Evidence from: DE, CH
- Initial assessment of all patients at admission using the Manchester Triage System
- Resuscitation room care following a fixed sequence and polytrauma care according to specialist society guidelines
- Care for patients on the admission ward and in the chest pain unit at monitored beds
- Accompany patients from first contact through diagnostics to admission or discharge
- Support relatives
- Coordinate with all specialist departments of the hospital
Specializations
Devices and systems they use
Who they work with
- Emergency care specialists
- Surgeons and trauma surgeons
- Internal medicine physicians
- Anaesthesiologists
Frequently asked questions
Who performs the initial assessment?
Emergency nurses use prehospital and clinical triage systems; under structural requirements every emergency patient receives a priority assessment within ten minutes of arrival.
Which devices do they work with?
With medical technology for patient monitoring, ventilation and anaesthesia equipment, and materials for infusions, transfusions, tubes, drains and catheters.
Under what conditions do they work?
Care often takes place under time pressure; communication in difficult conditions and de-escalation are a fixed part of the qualification.
Is further training mandatory in the emergency department?
Under the emergency tier rules, the nursing lead of a central emergency department needs the specialist training in emergency nursing, and from 2028 at least one further nurse as well.
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Sources
- Weiterbildungsverordnung Gesundheitsfachberufe, Anlage 21: Weiterbildung Notfallpflege, Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Soziales und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt (DE)
- Regelungen zu einem gestuften System von Notfallstrukturen in Krankenhäusern gemäß § 136c Absatz 4 SGB V, Gemeinsamer Bundesausschuss (DE)
- Pflege: OP-Bereich, Funktionspflege und somatische Ambulanz, Klinikum Ingolstadt (DE)
- Notfallfachpflege, Klinikum Solingen (DE)
- Weiterbildungskonzept Notfallzentrum, Luzerner Kantonsspital (CH)
- Expertin Notfallpflege mit Teamleitung Triage, Spitäler Schaffhausen (CH)
- Emergency Department Nursing Careers, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (US)
- Emergency Services, Bay Area Hospital, Coos Bay, Oregon (US)
- Emergency Department Triage Nurse Supports Patient Satisfaction, Care Efficiency and Effectiveness, Rush University Medical Center, Nursing Annual Report FY 2024 (US)