Vol. V, No. 5Archive > May, 2004

Nurses Doing Flexible Sigmoidoscopy and Colonoscopy

Is it safe for nurse endoscopists to perform either - or both - of these procedures?

Bill Meltzer, Senior Associate Editor

 
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