Minor injuries/illness nurse treatment service
Robert Crouch Consultant Nurse/Senior Lecturer, Joint appointee between the Trust and University of Southampton
Simon Brook Charge Nurse/Teaching Fellow, Joint appointee between the Trust and University of Southampton
Bruce Armstrong Charge Nurse/Teaching Fellow, Emergency Department, Southampton General Hospital and School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Southampton, joint appointee between the Trust and University of Southampton
Neil Robinson Consultant, Emergency Medicine, Emergency Department, Southampton General Hospital
ROBERT CROUCH and COLLEAGUES describe an innovative approach to managing patient care
This paper will describe an innovative project to improve patient care in an emergency department. We have termed it the minor (or major) Injuries/Illnesses nurse treatment service (MINTS). The project aim is to make optimal use of available skills and resources in developing an alternative approach to the conventional system for the assessment, treatment and management of patients.
Emergency Nurse.
9, 7, 18-22.
doi: 10.7748/en2001.11.9.7.18.c1377
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