ArticleJournal of accident & emergency medicine1998
Can nurse practitioners offer a quality service? An evaluation of a year's work of a nurse led minor injury unit.
Article in Journal of accident & emergency medicine, 1998. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Primary care professionals providing non-urgent care in hospital emergency departments.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2012Pooled it
- Walk-in centres in primary care: a review of the international literature.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2003Pooled it
- Exploring the implementation of nurses' advanced competencies in emergency departments: a scoping review.Internal and emergency medicine · 2026Article
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- Perceptions of healthcare professionals and managers regarding the effectiveness of GP-led walk-in centres in the UK.BMJ open · 2015Article
- Are today's junior doctors confident in managing patients with minor injury?Emergency medicine journal : EMJ · 2006Article
- Emergency nurse practitioners: a three part study in clinical and cost effectiveness.Emergency medicine journal : EMJ · 2003Article
- Can nurses working in remote units accurately request and interpret radiographs?Emergency medicine journal : EMJ · 2002Article
- Establishing an emergency nurse practitioner service.Emergency medicine journal : EMJ · 2001Article
- Minor injuries units.Journal of accident & emergency medicine · 1999Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate activities of a nurse led minor injuries unit based in a community hospital situated eight miles away from its sister district hospital in Crawley to demonstrate whether nurses can provide an alternative service.
design"Walk in" service provided by emergency nurse practitioners (ENPs) working within protocols and parameters with supervision from the accident and emergency consultant during the period of May 1995 to April 1996.
resultsWithin the 12 month period, ENPs treated 6944 new patients. Altogether 234 patients were transferred to Crawley Hospital for further treatment. The ENPs reviewed 1611 patients and the consultant 1342; 1945 patients required radiographs and 793 were given medication; 553 patients were referred to other health care professionals. Almost all patients were happy to see a nurse and all were satisfied with the treatment they received.
conclusionWith careful planning, adequate supervision, and support from multidisciplinary teams nurses can provide a worthwhile and effective service for a local community.
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