an ecp is an emergancy care practitioner in Sheffield they are nurses or
paramedics who work out in the community I think they support the A and E as
they are helping to reduce inappropiate attenders they can also liase with
gp surgeries i believe they deal with minor illnesses as well as minor
injuries hope this is of some help
Mel

>From: Andrew Galvin <drew_xyrn@...>
>Reply-To: emergency-nurse@yahoogroups.com
>To: emergency-nurse@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [emergency-nurse.org] What is an ECP
>Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 20:08:41 -0800 (PST)
>
>I AM an Emergency/Acute Care Nurse Practitioner.
>Because there is no national certification for
>EMERGENCY as a specialty exam - I sat for the Acute
>Care NP exam through ANCC. Other graduates of my
>program (UT-Houston) now sit for the FNP exam.
>It varies by STATE as well. Here in VA, I practice
>and hold my specialty as an Acute Care NP, with the
>"sub"-specialty of EMERGENCY.
>However, to make things even more confusing, I have
>the "alphabet soup" from ANCC certification to state:
>"APRN, BC" (Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, Board
>of Certification)
>
>I have not heard the term "Emergency Care
>practitioner" among my NP or MD colleagues - would be
>interested to know in what capacity you heard this
>term?
>
>Thanks.
>V/r,
>Andrew Galvin
>
>--- lee <leern911@...> wrote:
> > Hi Alison,
> >
> > I DO know that a Emergency Nurse Practitioner (ENP)
> > is one with an advanced degree and is a Registered
> > Nurse.
> >
> > The other one can be any one working in Emergency
> > Medicine, I think. It could be a MD, DO or an RN.
> >
> > If your not satisified with all your responses, I
> > suggest that you might want to write to Emergency
> > Nurses Assn. www.ena.org
> >
> > Good Luck, I'll be watching the board!
> >
> > Lee
> >
> >
> >
> > Alic4galaxy@... wrote:
> > Hi, can anyone tell me the differences between and
> > emergency nurse
> > practitioner and an emergency care practitioner?
> > Thanks
> > Alison
> >
> >
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