title: Establishing an NP-staffed minor emergency area.
abstract: A nurse practitioner-staffed minor emergency area provides high quality care for approximately 21% of their adult emergency department population. Patients are triaged based on set criteria, allowing for short treatment times. The physical layout, triage criteria and the NPs' scope of practice in the Level I trauma center's ED are detailed.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Buchanan
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Powers
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014218:Triage