INTRODUCTION Much of the emergency medical research on sedation-assisted orthopedic reductions has been undertaken with two physicians--one dedicated to the sedation and one to the procedure. Clinical practice in community emergency departments (EDs), however, often involves only one physician, who both performs the procedure and simultaneously oversees the crendentialed registered nurse who ad...

IN BOTH CANADA and the United Kingdom, the attention of the medical profession has been focusing on the nurse as a solution to the increasing demands being made on first contact health services. Many feel that the registered nurse with some extra training is capable of taking on several of the family physician's tasks. Estimates of the amount of usual physician work load she can assume vary fro...

PURPOSE This article provides a detailed analysis comparing the educational requirements for physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and radiologist assistants (RAs) working in radiology. The authors examine the curricular requirements as they pertain to radiology for each program and highlight the advantages and limitations of each within potential roles in radiology. METHODS A literature...

The results of a large body of research have yielded findings supportive of the view that the mass media have a decisive effect on the formation of public attitudes and behaviours. This study reports the results of a content analysis of 670 nurse and 466 physician characters portrayed in novels, motion pictures and prime-time television series, published or produced from 1920 to 1980. When comp...