Should accident and emergency nurses request radiographs? Results of a multicentre evaluation.
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radiographs? Results of a multicentre evaluation
Correspondence to: Dr John Thurston, Queen Mary's University Hospital, Roehampton Lane, London SW15 5PN. Abstract Objective-To evaluate whether waiting time in accident and emergency (A&E) departments is shortened when experienced nurses request peripheral limb radiographs before a patient is assessed by a doctor. Design-Simultaneous prospective trial in four A&E departments in the United Kingd...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emergency Medicine Journal
سال: 1996
ISSN: 1472-0205,1472-0213
DOI: 10.1136/emj.13.2.86