A review of the Transitional Emergency Nurse Practitioner

Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 226-231

  Lutze, Matthew ^a   Ratchford, Andrew ^b   Fry, Margaret ^c  

^a Canterbury Hospital   (Australia)

^b Mona Vale Hospital   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advanced Nursing Practice; Emergency care; Exploratory study; Nurse Practitioner

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055062689     PISSN: 15746267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aenj.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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