A protocol for a pragmatic randomized controlled trial evaluating outcomes of emergency nurse practitioner service

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2140-2148

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

^a Alfred Emergency and Trauma Centre   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Emergency; Nurse practitioner; Outcomes; Protocol

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY NURSING; NURSE PRACTITIONER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY NURSING; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PRAGMATIC CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84905694167     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12386     Document Type: Article

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