Emergency nurse practitioners: Do they provide an effective service in managing minor injuries, compared to emergency medicine registrars?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 1344, 2011, Pages 74-80

  Colligan, Margaret ^a,b   Collins, Caroline ^c   Foley, Bernard ^b   Jones, Peter ^b   Miles, Jennifer ^a   Zeng, Irene ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b Emergency Nurse Practitioner ^*  (New Zealand)

^c DUNEDIN HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES EDUCATION; EMERGENCY NURSE PRACTITIONER; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WAITING ROOM;

ADULT; CLINICAL AUDIT; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 80054680853     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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