Radiographic interpretation by nurse practitioners in a minor injuries unit.

Radiographic interpretation by nurse practitioners in a minor injuries unit.

OBJECTIVE To compare nurse practitioners with senior house officers (SHOs) for their ability to request and interpret correctly a limited range of x ray views of patients attending a minor injuries unit. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of case records. METHODS 150 accident and emergency (A&E) records with x ray requests were randomly selected from the SHOs' first, second, and third 2-month pe...

Can nurse practitioners offer a quality service? An evaluation of a year's work of a nurse led minor injury unit.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate activities of a nurse led minor injuries unit based in a community hospital situated eight miles away from its sister district hospital in Crawley to demonstrate whether nurses can provide an alternative service. DESIGN "Walk in" service provided by emergency nurse practitioners (ENPs) working within protocols and parameters with supervision from the accident and emergen...

Minor-injury care by nurse practitioners or junior doctors.

Effectiveness of an advanced practice emergency nurse role in a minor injuries unit

Objective To evaluate the effect of an emergency department discharge initiative (EDDI) nurse on discharge processes and patient transition outcomes. Design Prospective comparative study of two groups of patients, aged 18‐70 years discharged from a minor injuries unit. Setting Emergency Department Minor Injuries Unit at a large tertiary hospital in South East Queensland, Australia. Subjects In ...

Patient-care time allocation by nurse practitioners and physician assistants in the intensive care unit

INTRODUCTION Use of nurse practitioners and physician assistants ("affiliates") is increasing significantly in the intensive care unit (ICU). Despite this, few data exist on how affiliates allocate their time in the ICU. The purpose of this study was to understand the allocation of affiliate time into patient-care and non-patient-care activity, further dividing the time devoted to patient care ...