Clinical
Emergency nurses and their perceptions of caring
<p>The winter 1998/9 bed crisis once again highlighted the A&E department as being one of the main pressure points in the NHS, resulting in a great deal of stress being placed upon A&E staff. The link between stress and burnout has been well established and research by Walsh et al (1998) has shown worryingly high levels of burnout among A&E nursing staff, particularly in terms of deperson-alisation of patients. A key question, therefore, is whether A&E nurses view patient care differently from their colleagues in other areas of nursing. This research addresses that question together with the issue of how A&E nurses view stress.</p>
