School nurses immunising without a doctor present.
Oxfordshire's school health nurses routinely carry out rubella and tetanus and polio booster immunisations without a doctor present. Kate Saffin describes the preparation for and introduction of the practice and the results of an evaluation study. School nurses surveyed reported only one problem: increased workload because the doctor is no longer there to provide 'an extra pair of hands'.
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D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization; D007587:Job Description; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012573:School Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*