1st Edition

Nurse-Led Clinics Practical Issues

Edited By Richard Hatchett Copyright 2003
166 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge

In recent years there has been a huge growth in nurse-led clinics within hospital outpatient departments, general practitioner surgeries and health centres. The government has endorsed the use of such clinics as a way for the public to access specialist health care and treatment more quickly and also as an effective way to manage chronic ill health. However, there is a lack of uniform structure... Read more
1. The Emergence of the Modern Nurse-Led Clinic 2. Professional Development in the Nurse Led Clinic 3. Managing Medicines 4. Effectiveness and Evaluation of the Nurse Led Clinic 5. Setting up the Nurse Led Clinic: A Framework for Practice Case Studies 6. The Nurse Led Clinic in Contraception 7. The Nurse led Clinic for Patients Following Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA) 8. The Nurse Led Clinic in Diabetes

Biography

Richard Hatchett trained as a Registered General Nurse specialising in cardiac and intensive care nursing before taking up his current post as Principal Lecturer in the Faculty of Health and Social Care at London South Bank University. His interest in nurse-led clinics stems from Masters level work at City University, London. He has published widely and is co-editor of Cardiac Nursing: A Comprehensive Guide.