title: Nurse-to-nurse referral of patients in early pregnancy.
abstract: This article describes the development, testing, evaluation and implementation of a nurse-to-nurse referral pathway between two trusts. The aim of the pathway is to improve care for women with per vaginam bleeding in early pregnancy in emergency situations, and the article suggests how it can be used in pre-hospital and primary care settings.
authors.affiliation: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.
authors.forename: Kate
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mansbridge
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019091:Critical Pathways; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000451:nursing*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D006113:United Kingdom; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage / Q000451:nursing*