099 Do clinical nurse specialist led stroke follow-up clinics reduce post-stroke hospital readmissions and recurrent vascular events?
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Reducing Readmissions After Stroke With a Structured Nurse Practitioner/Registered Nurse Transitional Stroke Program.
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clinic attendees who were solely managed by the nurse and needed no doctor review, only four patients believed that their care would have benefitted from further doctor review. This further demonstrates that patients were happy with their management and with the proficiency of the healthcare professional who reviewed them in clinic. However, it is still important to ensure that patients are ful...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0022-3050,1468-330X
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2019-anzan.87