Froggatt, Katherine and Hoult, Lizzy (2002) Developing palliative care practice in nursing and residential care homes : the role of the clinical nurse specialist. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 11 (6). pp. 802-808. ISSN 0962-1067
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• The development of practice is but one aspect of Clinical Nurse Specialists' (CNSs) work, and a number of factors act to shape the extent to which CNSs are able to work with and develop practice with nursing and residential care homes. • A postal survey of 730 community CNSs in palliative care working in the UK was undertaken to explore the involvement of these nurses with nursing and residential care homes. • Much of the focus of the involvement was reactive work meeting the direct clinical needs of residents, primarily with cancer. • Although the CNSs perceived that there were some educational and care deficits in these care settings, the amount of proactive work undertaken to improve practice was limited. • The development work undertaken was focused on educational initiatives and establishing link nurse systems. • There is potential to develop palliative care practice in nursing and residential care homes through practice development initiatives.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Clinical Nursing |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | clinical nurse specialists • nursing homes • palliative care • practice development • residential care homes |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
| Departments: | Faculty of Health and Medicine > Health Research |
| ID Code: | 31977 |
| Deposited By: | Mr Richard Ingham |
| Deposited On: | 01 Mar 2010 12:15 |
| Refereed?: | Yes |
| Published?: | Published |
| Last Modified: | 19 Mar 2013 11:17 |
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| URI: | http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/31977 |
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