International Emergency Nursing
Volume 18, Issue 2 , Pages 67-75 , April 2010

Care planning in the emergency department

  • Mary E. Dunnion, MSc, PgDipEd, BSc, RGN (Lecturer in Nursing)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing and Health Studies, Letterkenny Institute of Technology, Co. Donegal, Ireland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Nursing and Health Studies, Letterkenny Institute of Technology, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Ireland. Tel.: +353 749186395.
    • ,
  • Miriam Griffin, MSc, PgCert, BSc, RGN (Advanced Nurse Practitioner)

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Department, Letterkenny General Hospital, Co. Donegal, Ireland

Received 30 September 2008 ,Revised 14 August 2009 ,Accepted 3 October 2009.

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PII: S1755-599X(09)00088-3

doi: 10.1016/j.ienj.2009.10.002

International Emergency Nursing
Volume 18, Issue 2 , Pages 67-75 , April 2010

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