The nurse colonoscopist - Training and quality assurance

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 829-837

  Vance, Margaret ^a  

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; EUROPE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SKILL; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLONOSCOPY; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NURSES;

EID: 27644588250     PISSN: 10525157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giec.2005.08.009     Document Type: Review

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