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M Beachley

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Developing trauma care systems: a nursing perspective.

Emergency medical services (EMS)/trauma care systems offer unique opportunities for nurse administrators in community hospitals and medical centers to encourage a professional practice model for the department of nursing. The development of local and regional EMS/trauma services involves nurse administrators and their staffs in the legislative process; community networking; program planning, operation, and evaluation; and clinical research. This, the first in a series of articles, reviews the history of trauma care in America, explains the process of regionalization and designation as provided for in the proposed federal legislation, discusses appropriate roles and responsibilities for nurse leaders in trauma care systems, and outlines planning and operational functions for nursing departments in designated trauma care facilities.

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Developing trauma care systems: the trauma nurse coordinator.

Emergency medical services/trauma care systems offer unique opportunities for nurse administrators in community hospitals and medical centers to encourage a professional practice model for trauma care in the department of nursing. The first article in this series (May 1988) provided an overview of trauma care and the planning and operational functions of nursing departments in trauma care facilities. In this article, the authors acknowledge trauma nursing as a specialty and discuss the role and functions of the trauma nurse coordinator in organizing and providing trauma care.

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