Impact of a nurse practitioner on patient care in a Canadian emergency department

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 207-214

  Steiner, Ivan P ^a   Nichols, Darren N ^a   Blitz, Sandra ^a   Tapper, Lloyd ^a,b   Stagg, Andrew P ^a   Sharma, Leneela ^a   Policicchio, Carla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emergency care; Emergency department; Emergency physician; Nurse practitioner; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCOPE OF PRACTICE; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MALE; MANPOWER; NURSING CARE; STANDARD; TIME; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; CANADA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING CARE; PATIENT CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 70350520706     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500011222     Document Type: Article

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