Volume 18 Number 4

Contents

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Fever is not a contraindication for a blanket
Christopher R. Foerster ________________________________________ 173

RESEARCH ARTICLES
Finding positives after disaster: Insights from nurses following the
2010–2011 Canterbury, NZ earthquake sequence
Sarbjit S. Johal and Zoe R. Mounsey ____________________________ 174

The lived experiences of patients and ambulance ramping in a

regional Australian emergency department: An interpretive
phenomenology study
Chris Kingswell, Ramon Z. Shaban and Julia Crilly _______________ 182

Practice standards for emergency nursing: An international

review
Tamsin Jones, Ramon Z. Shaban and Debra K. Creedy ___________ 190

The effect of Transition to Specialty Practice Programs on

Australian emergency nurses’ professional development,
recruitment and retention
Julia Morphet, Bridie Kent, Virginia Plummer and
Julie Considine _______________________________________________ 204

‘Hands-on’ assessment: A useful strategy for improving patient

safety in emergency departments
Angela Jones, Megan-Jane Johnstone and Maxine Duke _________ 212

The effect of a staged, emergency department specific rapid

response system on reporting of clinical deterioration
Julie Considine, Jen Rawet and Judy Currey ____________________ 218

The accuracy and consistency of rural, remote and outpost triage

nurse decision making in one Western Australia Country Health
Service Region
Kylie Ekins and Julia Morphet _________________________________ 227