Emergency nurse practitioners: An underestimated addition to the emergency care team

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 453-455

  Wilson, Kylie ^a   Cameron, Peter ^a,b   Jennings, Natasha ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY NURSE PRACTITIONER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STAFF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MANPOWER; MODEL; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; STANDARDS;

AUSTRALIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT CARE TEAM;

EID: 58149286304     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2008.01128.x     Document Type: Editorial

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