title: Nurse practitioners: meeting the ED's needs.
abstract: Results of a descriptive analysis of emergency-department (ED) census data were used as a basis for initiating an innovative nurse practitioner (NP) position. In establishing the NP role, census levels, demographic considerations, legal considerations and scope of practice were considered.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dowling
authors.forename: W N
authors.initials: WN
authors.lastname: Dudley
mesh_terms: D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D007587:Job Description; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D016526:Workload