Diagnostic accuracy of emergency nurse practitioners versus physicians related to minor illnesses and injuries

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 311-316

  van der Linden, Christien ^a   Reijnen, Resi ^a   de Vos, Rien ^b  

^a MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnostic accuracy; Diagnostic errors; Emergency department; Emergency nurse practitioner; Length of stay

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICATION ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FRACTURES, BONE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PHYSICIANS; PNEUMOTHORAX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954539321     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2009.08.012     Document Type: Article

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