Feasibility of pre-admission nurse clerking of patients with vascular disease

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 246-247

  Toogood, G J ^a   Wilmott, K ^a   Jones, L ^a   Magee, T R ^a   Galland, R B ^a  

^a ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nurse clerking; Pre admission clinic; Vascular surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; VARICOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE CLINICIANS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 0031669494     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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