Time to analgesia for care delivered by nurse practitioners in the emergency department - a retrospective chart audit

International Emergency Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 71-74

  Jennings, Natasha ^a,b   Kansal, Arushi ^c   O'Reilly, Gerard ^d   Mitra, Biswadev ^d   Gardner, Glenn ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analgesics; Clinical audit; Emergency service; Nurse practitioners; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAIN; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84926517730     PISSN: 1755599X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ienj.2014.07.002     Document Type: Article

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