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Developing palliative care practice in nursing and residential care homes: the role of the clinical nurse specialist
Author(s) -
Froggatt Katherine A.,
Hoult Lizzy
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of clinical nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.94
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1365-2702
pISSN - 0962-1067
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2002.00698.x
Subject(s) - nursing , palliative care , clinical nurse specialist , medicine , medline , political science , law
Summary ? 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.