The influence of unit-based nurse practitioners on hospital outcomes and readmission rates for patients with trauma

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 474-478

  Morris, David S ^a   Reilly, Patrick ^a   Rohrbach, Jeff ^a   Telford, Georgianna ^a   Kim, Patrick ^a   Sims, Carrie A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

outcomes; trauma; Unit based nurse practitioners

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SOCIAL WORKER; SURGICAL INFECTION; UNIT BASED NURSE PRACTITIONER; URBAN AREA;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT SAFETY; PENNSYLVANIA; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84864627177     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31825882bb     Document Type: Article

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