Nancy Thompson, RN, MS, AOCNS, is a clinical nurse specialist at Swedish Cancer Institute, Caroline Cogen, RN, BSN, is a staff nurse at Swedish Medical Center, Debra Forman, RN, BSN, OCN ®, is a supervisor in the Comprehensive Breast Center at Swedish Cancer Institute, and Sheryl Londerville, RN, BSN, OCN ®, is the radiation oncology charge nurse at Swedish Cancer Institute, all in Seattle, WA....

BACKGROUND Hospital-based specialist palliative care services are common, yet existing evidence of inpatient generalist providers' perceptions of collaborating with hospital-based specialist palliative care teams has never been systematically assessed. AIM To assess the existing evidence of inpatient generalist palliative care providers' perceptions of what facilitates or hinders collaboratio...

In all systems of health care there are certain essential levels of care and service. These take the form of self-care within the family unit; primary professional care by general medical nursing or social practitioners within a local neighbourhood; general specialist care in a district and super-specialist care in a region. Each of these has its own special roles and responsibilities and each ...

Ann Butler Maher RN, MS, FNP-BC, ONC (Family Nurse Practitioner) *, Anita J Meehan RN-BC, MSN, ONC (Clinical Nurse Specialist, Gerontology/ Director) , Karen Hertz RN, BSc(Hons), MSc (Advanced Nurse Practitioner T&O) , Ami Hommel RN, CNS, PhD (Associate Professor) , Valerie MacDonald RN, BSN, MSN, ONC (Clinical Nurse Specialist) , Mary P O’Sullivan RGN, RM, BNS/RNT, MSc Nursing (Clinical Develo...

Nurse developments in the management of neuroendocrine tumours have changed significantly over the past three years. At the Royal Free Hospital we set up the nurse specialist role due to the expansion of patients being referred to the specialist unit, and the obvious need for a nursing input into their care. The nurse specialist can make a significant contribution within the context of a multid...

Aims and Objectives To systematically identify and critically examine the evidence on the contribution of the HIV nurse specialist to provision of HIV care in the UK and other developed countries. Background The HIV clinical nurse specialist role has evolved over the past two decades in response to changes in two areas of HIV care: Firstly changes in the treatment and care of those with HIV and...

Diabetes specialist nursing, like many other aspects of nursing, is facing a challenging time in terms of limited resources, staff stress and increasing client caseloads (Naughton and Nolan, 1998). This trend seems set to continue and therefore reflection on and analysis of the role of the diabetes specialist nurse (DSN) is essential so that DSNs can understand their role and meet such challeng...