A comparative study of patients who did not wait for treatment and those treated by Emergency Nurse Practitioners

Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 179-185

  Lee, Geraldine A ^a   Jennings, Natasha ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Did not wait; Emergency department; Left without being seen; Nurse practitioner

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751243027     PISSN: 15746267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aenj.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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