We have allowe nurses, physios, dietitians - effectively anyone, to request
chemistry tests since we moved to the new hospital and had ward order entry
in every ward & out-patient room. We moved in 1994, and generally, nurses
request more effectively than doctors - they follow protocols and they
complete clinical information. They still have the same unrealistic
expectations of tutrnaround time as doctors but otherwise there have been no
problems.
TIM
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Hindle [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 16 January 2003 12:23
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Requesting by nurses
>
>
> I appear to be getting quite a few enquiries to ask if nurses
> are premitted
> to make requests for pathology investigations. This seems to
> be due to the
> increasing numbers of nurse practitioners and nurse
> consultants. In the
> past I have agreed for some named practice nurses running CHD
> prevention, 'statin recall', 'thyroid recall' clinics etc and
> within the
> hospital the surgical pre-assessment clinics to make requests, on the
> understanding that they are working to protocol. Now the A/E
> staff have
> approached me.
>
> I would be interested to know how others are dealing with what I would
> imagine is not an uncommon scenario and are there any
> medico-legal issues?
> There may be fears that work load could go up, but maybe it would come
> down!
>
> Any views?
>
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