The Impact of Emergency Nurse Practitioners on Referrals to a Tertiary Hand Trauma Service: A Pilot of Referral Quality Scoring System

ABSTRACT: Hand injuries account for 2000 referrals to the Northern Ireland plastic surgery trauma service each year. Emergency nurse practitioners are increasingly utilised to assess and manage minor injuries and independently refer patients to the hand trauma service. This paper uses a newly develo...

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Autores principales: McGoldrick, Ciara, Damkat-Thomas, Lindsay, Lewis, Harry
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Ulster Medical Society 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3281249/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22347735
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Sumario:ABSTRACT: Hand injuries account for 2000 referrals to the Northern Ireland plastic surgery trauma service each year. Emergency nurse practitioners are increasingly utilised to assess and manage minor injuries and independently refer patients to the hand trauma service. This paper uses a newly developed scoring system to assess the impact of varying grades of referring practitioner on the quality and appropriateness of referral.

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