Evaluating patient presentations for care delivered by emergency nurse practitioners: A retrospective analysis of 12 months

Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 89-95

  Jennings, Natasha ^a   Mckeown, Emma ^a   O'Reilly, Gerard ^a,b   Gardner, Glenn ^c  

^a Alfred Emergency and Trauma Centre   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Emergency nurse practitioner; Fast track; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSE PRACTITIONER; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY WARD; FAST TRACK; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITY OF CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT; EMERGENCY NURSE PRACTITIONER; FAST TRACK; QUALITY OF CARE;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84881617213     PISSN: 15746267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aenj.2013.05.005     Document Type: Article

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