Nurse practitioners in Canadian emergency departments: An idea worthy of attention or diverting our attention?

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 297-299

  Drummond, Alan ^a,b,c,d  

^a Great War Memorial Hospital   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Nurse practitioner

Indexed keywords

CANADA; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; JOB CHARACTERISTICS; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NOTE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING CARE; NURSING COMPETENCE; NURSING PRACTICE; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN INCOME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONALISM; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 34547791257     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500015207     Document Type: Note

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