title: The nurse practitioner in children's ambulatory care.
abstract: History-taking, clinical assessment, requesting X-rays and carrying out cannulation on children, are just some of the skills which may be undertaken as part of developing nursing roles, such as the nurse practitioner. Annette Dearmun and Kim Gordon describe the developments of this ground-breaking role in the children's ambulatory care unit at Oxford.
authors.affiliation: Oxford Radcliffe Hospital.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Dearmun
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gordon
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015397:Program Evaluation