Attitude of emergency department patients with minor problems to being treated by a nurse practitioner

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 246-252

  Moser, Meite S ^a,b   Abu Laban, Riyad B ^a,b   Van Beek, Catherina A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Emergency medicine; Health personnel; Nurse practitioner; Questionnaire; Survey

Indexed keywords

POSTCOITUS CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BITE WOUND; BURN; CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENTEROBIASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACERATION; LIMB INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OTALGIA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PEDICULOSIS; PHYSICIAN; SKIN ABRASION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SORE THROAT; SUTURE REMOVAL; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; TOOTH PAIN; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 18244385977     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500009209     Document Type: Article

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