This book will find a worthy place in hospital libraries around the country but, because most of the scenarios it presents occur in psychiatric hospitals, its value for emergency department nurses may be more limited.
James Bird presents an interesting case for specialised emergency care during student nurse training in the June issue of Emergency Nurse. However the answer to his opening question, 'Is general nursing coming to an end?', is surely 'No'; it already has.
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