Can nurses interpret X-rays safely without formal tuition?

Accident and Emergency Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 162-166

  Summers, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Learning environment; Nurse Practitioners; Service improvement; X ray interpretation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FRACTURES, BONE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS;

EID: 23144455988     PISSN: 09652302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aaen.2005.04.009     Document Type: Article

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