title: Nurse-initiated thrombolysis in coronary care.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Coronary Care Unit, New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Smallwood
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chadwick
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents