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The TTP specialist nurse: an advocate for patients and professionals

TTP specialist nurses play a unique and vital role in providing acute and long-term support to patients with this rare and life-threatening disease. They can offer personalised care to their patients...

Evaluating the impact of nurse practitioner involvement in a pleural procedures clinic

The addition of NPs in PPC increased the clinic capacity. In the second 6-month period, 5.86 patients were seen per clinic compared with 4.57 in the first 6-month period (Table 1). A one sided t-test...

Ambulatory approach to cancer care. Part 3: starting and maintaining the service and its challenges and benefits

For staff interested in introducing an AC service, a pilot can take place on an inpatient or outpatient ward by converting a four-bed inpatient bay to one with approximately four chairs and a bed, or...

Ambulatory approach to cancer care. Part 2: the role of nurses and the multidisciplinary team and safety

AC at this hospital is led by registered nurses, HCAs and a lead nurse/charge nurse. The team does not consist of advanced nurse practitioners, but the nurses are empowered to be independent in daily...

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