SPORTS MEDICINE NURSING – A NEW SPECIALISM IS EMERGING
August 1st, 2013
SPORTS medicine has traditionally been the domain of doctors and physiotherapists. But it is not any more, experts say. Two major sporting events in Britain - the Olympics 2012 and the upcoming 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow have inspired nurses to consider working in sports.And the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is exploring the idea further. It is investigating the idea of running a recognised practical sports medicine course for a multi-professional audience including nurses, enabling more nurses to get involved in sports medicine. The idea however is at ...
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