Nurse practitioners and the Ottawa Ankle Rules: Comparisons with medical staff in requesting X-rays for ankle injured patients

Accident and Emergency Nursing

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 110-115

  Allerston, Julie ^a   Justham, David ^b  

^a LINCOLN COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANKLE INJURIES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034173522     PISSN: 09652302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/aaen.2000.0103     Document Type: Article

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