The role of ophthalmic triage and the nurse practitioner in an eye-dedicated casualty department

Eye

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 880-882

  Banerjee, S ^a   Beatty, S ^a   Tyagi, A ^a   Kirkby, G R ^a  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Casualty; Nurse practitioner; Triage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKILL; TIME; TRAINING;

EID: 0031761597     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1998.222     Document Type: Article

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