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Emergency nurse practitioners’ perceptions of their role and scope of practice: Is it advanced practice?
26 April 2012
Donna McConnell, Oliver D. Slevin, Sonja J. McIlfatrick
Abstract: There are multiple interpretations of the nurse practitioner role which appear to be shaped by discourses within and outside the profession and its regulatory body. This study aimed to explo...
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The impact of interprofessional collaboration on nurses’ satisfaction and comfort with intranasal fentanyl
09 April 2012
Susanne Moadebi, Fiona Kwan, Sherry Stackhouse, Lisa Reddekopp
Abstract: Background: Healthcare providers’ beliefs and comfort with analgesics can impact medication decisions. Interprofessional educational interventions (IPE) improve medication delivery processes...
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Nurses experiences in chemical emergency departments: Iran–Iraq war, 1980–1988
09 April 2012
Mohammadreza Firouzkouhi, Ali Zargham-Boroujeni, Morteza Nouraei, Hojatollah Yousefi, Colin A. Holmes
Abstract: Background: Nurses have played a major role in taking care of the wounded across the centuries. One of the most important roles of Iranian nurses in wartime has been working in chemical emer...
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Using a theory to understand triage decision making
06 April 2012
Anita Smith
Abstract: The purpose of this discussion is to present triage decision making research within the context of the Revised Cognitive Continuum Theory. Triage is an essential clinical skill in emergency ...
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Challenges developing evidence-based algorithms for the trauma reception and resuscitation project
14 March 2012
Geraldine A. Lee, Angela Murray, Rosie Bushnell, Louise E. Niggemeyer
Abstract: A project based at the Alfred Emergency and Trauma Centre in Melbourne, Australia aimed to standardise trauma resuscitation, documentation and interventions by developing best practice algor...
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