Overlapping roles in the operating department.
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.
Wicker
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Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh.
D000488:Allied Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D009719:Nurse Anesthetists; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D009871:Operating Room Nursing; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000458:organization & administration*