International Emergency Nursing
Volume 17, Issue 3 , Pages 149-154 , July 2009

Nurse specialist treatment of eye emergencies: Five year follow up study of quality and effectiveness

  • John Cameron Buchan, MBBS, MRCOphth MD (Specialist Registrar)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, St. James’s University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds LS9 7TF, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 1132 433144; fax: +44 1132 066044.
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  • Aruna Ashiq, MBBS, MSc, MRCOphth (Ophthalmic Specialist Trainee)

      Affiliations

    • Eye Department, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals, Derby Road, Nottingham NG7 2UH, United Kingdom
    • Tel./fax: +44 1254 392583.
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  • Neil Kitson, RN (Staff Nurse)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Duckworth lane, Bradford BD9 6RJ, United Kingdom
    • Tel.: +44 1274 542200; fax: +44 1274 366768.
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  • Julie Dixon, EN RN DipHe (Sister)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Duckworth lane, Bradford BD9 6RJ, United Kingdom
    • Tel.: +44 1274 542200; fax: +44 1274 366768.
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  • Andy Cassels-Brown, FRCS, FRCOphth (Consultant Ophthalmologist)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, St. James’s University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds LS9 7TF, United Kingdom
    • Tel.: +44 1132 433144; fax: +44 1132 066044.
    • ,
  • John A. Bradbury, FRCS, FRCOphth (Consultant Ophthalmologist)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Duckworth lane, Bradford BD9 6RJ, United Kingdom
    • Tel.: +44 1274 542200; fax: +44 1274 366768.

Received 4 July 2008 ,Revised 30 October 2008 ,Accepted 4 December 2008.

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PII: S1755-599X(08)00135-3

doi: 10.1016/j.ienj.2008.12.002

International Emergency Nursing
Volume 17, Issue 3 , Pages 149-154 , July 2009

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