Nurse practitioners: meeting the ED's needs

UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
William N. Dudley, Professor Public Health Education (Creator)
Institution
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/

Abstract: Results of a descriptive analysis of emergency-department (ED) census data were used as a basis for initiating an innovative nurse practitioner (NP) position. In establishing the NP role, census levels, demographic considerations, legal considerations and scope of practice were considered.

Additional Information

Publication
Nursing Management. 1995 Jan;26(1):48C-E, 48J
Language: English
Date: 1995
Keywords
emergency department wait time, nurse practitioners (NP)

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