title: Overlapping roles in the operating department.
abstract: With the introduction of National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs), the boundaries of responsibility between theatre nurse and operating department practitioner have become indistinct. The author calls for a clearer definition of roles and for nurses to show the true value of their contribution to perioperative patient care.
authors.affiliation: Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wicker
mesh_terms: D000488:Allied Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D009719:Nurse Anesthetists; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D009871:Operating Room Nursing; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000458:organization & administration*