ECMO nurse specialist: Qatar experience

Nurse specialist in family planning.

In an experimental clinic, run by nurse specialists in family planning, a total of 768 patients were seen in the first year. Oral contraception was dispensed for 377 patients and 187 intrauterine devices (IUCDs) were inserted; a further 204 IUCD patients attended only for follow-up visits. All side effects were adequately diagnosed by the nurse specialist.

Re: editorial entitled "clinical nurse specialist as attending nurse".

The clinical nurse specialist role in Canada.

The clinical nurse specialist (CNS) provides an important clinical leadership role for the nursing profession and broader healthcare system; yet the prominence and deployment of this role have fluctuated in Canada over the past 40 years. This paper draws on the results of a decision support synthesis examining advanced practice nursing roles in Canada. The synthesis included a scoping review of...

The role of the specialist nurse.

Heart failure is growing in incidence as a result of the aging of the population and of improved survival from myocardial infarction. However, quality of life is poor among patients with heart failure, and has shown to be worse than in most chronic conditions. These patients often have a poor prognosis—around 50% of those with severe heart failure will die within the first year. Since this is a...

Role of the clinical nurse specialist.