Nurse practitioners treating ankle and foot injuries using the Ottawa Ankle Rules: A comparative study in the emergency department

Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 110-115

  Lau, Lik Hui ^a   Kerr, Debra ^b   Law, Ian ^c   Ritchie, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SUNSHINE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ankle; Emergencies; Nurse practitioner; X rays

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ANKLE FRACTURE; ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; FOOT INJURY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; X RAY; YOUNG ADULT;

ANKLE; EMERGENCIES; NURSE PRACTITIONER; X-RAYS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE FRACTURES; ANKLE INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOOT INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881612982     PISSN: 15746267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aenj.2013.05.007     Document Type: Article

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