Twenty-four hour nurse practitioner service in the accident and emergency department.
This paper discusses the introduction of a 24-h nurse practitioner service in a major accident and emergency department and monitors it over a 3-month period. The paper provides a description of the activities of the nurse practitioners and a critical evaluation of their role. It shows that every major accident and emergency department can set up a 24-h nurse practitioner scheme and the organization of such a scheme can be very simple. This is the first article to look at a 24-h service.
Saab
M
M
Stockport Infirmary Hospital, Cheshire, UK.
Birkinshaw
R
R
O'Gara
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D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013997:Time Factors; D006113:United Kingdom; D014940:Work Schedule Tolerance; D000078329:Workforce