Effectiveness of appropriately trained nurses in preoperative assessment: Randomised controlled equivalence/non-inferiority trial

BMJ

Volumn 325, Issue 7376, 2002, Pages 1323-

  Kinley, Helen ^a   Primrose, John ^a   George, Steve ^a   Norman, John ^a   Janke, Ellen ^a   Alhameed, Hameed ^a   Czoski Murray, Carolyn ^b   Mccabe, Chris ^b   Nicolson, Paula ^b   Healy, Caroline ^b   Reilly, Charles ^c   Wood, Richard ^c   Read, Susan ^d   Thomas, Eileen ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e Portsmouth NHS Hospitals   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENGLAND; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING AUDIT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 0037038987     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1323     Document Type: Article

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