title: The first assistant role in PEG tube insertion.
abstract: Nurses are under pressure to take on junior doctors' tasks. Expansion of the nurse's role should be of benefit to patients and professionally appropriate. The development of the first assistant role in PEG may be an avenue for expanding nursing.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McPhillips
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D005773:Gastroscopy / Q000451:nursing*; D005774:Gastrostomy / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D009871:Operating Room Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D009872:Operating Room Technicians