International Emergency Nursing
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages 180-184 , July 2008

Emergency care practitioners (ECP): Practice and performance in the UK West country – A case study

  • Simon Cooper, PhD, MEd, BA, RGN (Senior Lecturer)

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: Monash University, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Gippsland Campus, Churchill, Victoria, Australia. Tel.: +61 (0) 3 51226627.
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  • Judith O’Carroll, MSc, BA (Research Assistant)
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  • Annie Jenkin, MSc, RGN, ILTM (Principal Lecturer)
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  • Beryl Badger, MSc, BA (Principal Lecturer)

Received 19 February 2008 ,Accepted 12 April 2008.

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PII: S1755-599X(08)00055-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ienj.2008.04.004

International Emergency Nursing
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages 180-184 , July 2008

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