Effectiveness of an emergency nurse practitioner service for adults presenting to rural hospitals with chest pain: Protocol for a multicentre, longitudinal nested cohort study

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Roche, Tina E ^a,b   Gardner, Glenn ^b   Lewis, Peter A ^b  

^a Stanthorpe Veterinary Care Services   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY NURSE PRACTITIONER; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; THORAX PAIN; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CHEST PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HOSPITAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUEENSLAND; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARDS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; CHEST PAIN; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUEENSLAND; RESEARCH DESIGN; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARD OF CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84923675601     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006997     Document Type: Article

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