A 12-month evaluation of the impact of Transitional Emergency Nurse Practitioners in one metropolitan Emergency Department

Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-8

  Fry, Margaret ^a   Fong, Jacqueline ^b   Asha, Stephen ^b   Arendts, Glenn ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advanced practice nursing; Emergency nurse practitioner; Independent practitioner; Nurse Practitioner

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951576158     PISSN: 15746267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aenj.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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