Accident and emergency nursing continued as international emergency nursing supports open access explore journal content latest issue all issues latest issues volume 15 issue 4 pp 181 248 october 2007 volume 15 issue 3 pp 119 180 july 2007 volume 15 issue 2 pp 69 118 april 2007 volume 15 issue 1 pp 1 68 january 2007 view all issues find out more this journal . The most downloaded articles from accident and emergency nursing in the last 90 days writing a qualitative research report july 2004 philip burnard applying the roper logan tierney model in practice july 2004 heather m mcclelland what general emergency nurses want to know about mental health patients presenting to their emergency department . 2 de 600 a accident and emergency nursing b official journal of the emergency nurses association vic inc australia h online print 246 3 2 de 600 a accident and emergency nursing 246 3 2 de 600 a accident and emergency nursing 246 3 a international emergency nursing 260 a edinburgh b churchill livingstone c 1993 . Accident and emergency nurses work inside hospital emergency rooms emergency rooms are open 24 hours a day which means accident and emergency nursing will require a professional to work various shifts some nurses work day shifts exclusively while others work only night shifts still others may change shifts and work both night and day shifts an assessment of the volume of patients will . As an accident and emergency nurse you are often the first point of contact for patients seeking treatment this means you should be ready to deal with whatever the world can throw at you as the name suggests emergency is the care you will be administering in ae many of the patients you see will be in a critical or anxious state you will need to react quickly and decisively to a never ending barrage of random injuries and illness