Nurse-initiated thrombolysis in coronary care.
National service frameworks emphasise the importance of people who are experiencing a myocardial infarction receiving thrombolysis as quickly as possible. Nurse-initiated thrombolysis is one way to safely achieve the standards.
Smallwood
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Coronary Care Unit, New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton.
Chadwick
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D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000451:nursing*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D013222:State Medicine / Q000592:standards; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy / Q000451:nursing* / Q000592:standards; D013997:Time Factors; D006113:United Kingdom
D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents