Nurse Practitioners' Role in Improving Service for Elderly Trauma Patients

Journal of Trauma Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 174-179

  Bethea, Audis ^a   Samanta, Damayanti ^a   White, Teresa ^b   Payne, Nancy ^b   Hardway, Jessica ^b  

^a West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute   (United States)

^b CHARLESTON AREA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly care; Nurse practitioner; Trauma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING HOME; TRAUMATOLOGY; COMORBIDITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FRAIL ELDERLY; INJURY SCALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; WEST VIRGINIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 85069286472     PISSN: 10787496     EISSN: 19323883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTN.0000000000000445     Document Type: Article

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