Nurse Practitioners' Use of Ultrasound to Diagnose Kidney Stones in the Emergency Department
Background: Kidney stones are a common, painful disorder that can affect as many as one of 11 people in the United States (Goldfarb & Arowojolu, 2013). The gold standard for diagnosing kidney stones is currently computed tomography (CT). However, because CT scans emit radiation during the exam...
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The University of Arizona.
2016
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/620859 http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/620859 |