An Emerging Role for Nurse Practitioners -- Preoperative Assessment.

Autor: Barnett, Jennifer S.
Zdroj: AORN Journal; Nov2005, Vol. 82 Issue 5, p825-834, 7p
Abstrakt: • NURSE PRACTITIONERS (NPs) are expanding their role beyond primary care, and preoperative assessment is one area in which existing medical and nursing models of care could be merged to create a specialty role for NPs. • THIS ARTICLE REVIEWS health-related literature regarding the impact of NPs in the preoperative assessment setting and explores the potential for this emerging role as an alternative to existing preoperative assessment models. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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