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If medical cover is not provided on a 24-hour-basis in small casualty departments it is essential that this is made clear to GPs, ambulance crews and nursing staff. Nurse practitioners must have a comprehensive training in the range of patients for whom the unit is designed and be aware of the limits of their competence. The patient should always receive the standard of care which he is entitled to expect from a reasonable practitioner following the approved accepted practice. The fact that the care is provided by a nurse rather than a doctor does not lower the standard. In determining whether a patient need to see a doctor, the doctor's availability should not be a criterion.
Young
B
B
Dimond
B
B
D000368:Aged; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D016529:Emergency Nursing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009730:Nursing Assessment