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Another first for nursing

Mary-Claire Mason Freelance journalist
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A nurse practitioner has become part of a select group who can authorise blood transfusions. Mary-Claire Mason hears about this pioneering work

Traditionally, only doctors have ordered blood transfusions, but nurses are learning to take on this role. Since his training last year, nurse practitioner and prescriber Steve Wright has been authorising blood transfusions on a surgical ward in a London hospital and seeing the benefits for patients.

Nursing Standard. 28, 19, 25-25. doi: 10.7748/ns2014.01.28.19.25.s28

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08 January 2014 / Vol 28 issue 19

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