Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 32-37 , May 2009

The Transitional Emergency Nurse Practitioner role: Implementation study and preliminary evaluation

  • Margaret M. Fry, NP PhD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, University of Technology, PO box 123 Broadway, Sydney 2007, Australia
    • St George Hospital, Gray Street Kogarah, Kogarah Sydney, NSW 2217, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, University of Technology, PO box 123 Broadway, Sydney 2007, Australia. Tel.: +61 2 9514 4826; fax: +61 2 9514 4835.
    • ,
  • Tessa Rogers, NP

      Affiliations

    • St George Hospital, Gray Street Kogarah, Kogarah Sydney, NSW 2217, Australia

Received 28 April 2008 ,Revised 10 February 2009 ,Accepted 10 February 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.aenj.2009.02.003

Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 32-37 , May 2009

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