Emergency department ultrasound by nurse practitioners

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 352-355

  Henderson, Sean O ^a   Ahern, Terence ^a   Williams, David ^a   Mailhot, Thomas ^a   Mandavia, Diku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency.; Nurse practitioner; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CURRICULUM; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 77955062010     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2010.00518.x     Document Type: Article

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