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TY - JOUR
T1 - Developing palliative care practice in nursing and residential care homes : the role of the clinical nurse specialist.
AU - Froggatt, Katherine
AU - Hoult, Lizzy
PY - 2002/11
Y1 - 2002/11
N2 - • 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.
AB - • 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.
KW - clinical nurse specialists • nursing homes • palliative care • practice development • residential care homes
U2 - 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2002.00698.x
DO - 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2002.00698.x
M3 - Journal article
VL - 11
SP - 802
EP - 808
JO - Journal of Clinical Nursing
JF - Journal of Clinical Nursing
SN - 0962-1067
IS - 6
ER -