title: Who should nurse children requiring emergency care?
abstract: There are constant challenges in developing a workforce fit to deliver care to children and young people requiring emergency or urgent care. These challenges are often compounded when the care setting for children and young people is within a general Emergency Department. This paper will review contemporary issues around who should deliver emergency care to children in these settings; reasoned debate is required to ensure that we have a workforce fit for purpose.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom. Karen.Grant@suht.swest.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Grant
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Crouch
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002983:Clinical Competence; D016529:Emergency Nursing / Q000193:education; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000193:education; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D006113:United Kingdom; D000078329:Workforce