Reenvisioning the Emergency Nurse Practitioner Role

Reliability of ophthalmic accident and emergency referrals: a new role for the emergency nurse practitioner?

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Annual attendances at the accident and emergency (A&E) department of St Bartholomew's and The Royal London NHS Trust exceed 100,000 people of which 6% are ophthalmic. This study evaluated the accuracy of eye referrals from A&E senior house officers (SHOs) and emergency nurse practitioners (ENPs) and the impact any inaccuracies may have had on out of hours work. METHO...

The nurse practitioner role: into the future.

Advanced practice nursing in Canada is receiving attention locally and nationally as gaps in our healthcare system persist, specifically as they relate to access to care and wait times. Nationally, nurse practitioners (NPs) and nursing leaders have developed documents that begin to define the foundation required for the successful introduction, evolution, evaluation and sustainability of the NP...

The role of the laparoscopic nurse practitioner.

In May 1995 the author was appointed as the first laparoscopic nurse practitioner (NP) in the UK. The role was to provide a seamless service for patients undergoing laparoscopic general surgery. Three factors influenced the development of this role: □ The reduction in junior doctors' hours ( NHSME 1991 ) □ The Calman Report ( 1993 ) which redefined surgical training □ The NHS Executive Report (...

Nurse practitioner role: nursing needs it.

The emergency nurse practitioner role in major accident and emergency departments: professional issues and the research agenda.

The emergency nurse practitioner (ENP) is a rapidly developing role within emergency health care provision in the United Kingdom (UK). This paper explores some of the available literature concerning the development of the role in the context of major accident and emergency departments. The professional and legal implications of this shift in role boundaries are discussed. The current inconsiste...