International Emergency Nursing
Volume 17, Issue 3 , Pages 169-172 , July 2009

Minor injury attendance times to the ED

  • Ciaran Conlon, RGN, RCN, PG Dip A&E Nursing, MSc in Nursing (Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP))
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  • Cora O’Connor, RGN, A&E Cert, PG Dip, MSc in Nursing (Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP))
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  • Paula Mc Brearty, RGN, A&E Cert, BNS, MSc in Nursing (Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP))

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  • Bernadette Carpenter, RGN, MEd, RNT, FNMRCSI (Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP))

Received 8 July 2008 ,Revised 27 November 2008 ,Accepted 17 December 2008.

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PII: S1755-599X(08)00152-3

doi: 10.1016/j.ienj.2008.12.006

International Emergency Nursing
Volume 17, Issue 3 , Pages 169-172 , July 2009

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