I don't fully agree; nurses may be very experienced but
they have NO experience at interpreting x-rays, prior to undertaking ENP
training. Anyway, ENPs as a rule should only obtain opinions from middle grades
or above, not from SHOs, so I agree with you on that principle. To be more
specific however, ENP courses themselves should contain modules on radiographic
interpretation. Failing that the Northwick Park people run x-ray interpretation
courses specifically geared towards ENPs. I suggest you contact Shelley Brier,
at the post-graduate education centre at Northwick Park Hospital in Harrow for
further information.
Adrian Fogarty
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Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 10:46
PM
Subject: ENPs provisionally reporting
XRs
We are developing / expanding our ENP service in Milton
Keynes A&E department. They can currently request some xrays but these
always have to be reviewed by a doctor. Given that the nurses are often much
more experienced than the majority of SHOs this seems to waste time, waiting
for the doctor to be free to view the film and it is also much more difficult
to interpret the film without seeing the patient. What training do ENPs have
in other units before the are independantly able to provisionally report
films? Is anyone aware of any nationally available courses or standards for
introducing this.
Thank you
Carole Ann Johnson
Clinical Fellow
