The temporary loss of a highly valued primary care service was the immediate context within which the nurse-led service was introduced and experienced by patients.
These included the provision of a pulmonary rehabilitation programme, a nurse-led assessment clinic, oxygen assessment clinic, education and training, management of the service and research.
This article examines how nurse-led care for atopic eczema is developing and what the prescribing issues are.
As a result, most other cancer sites now have a nurse-led review clinic and site specialist radiographers liaise closely with the multidisciplinary teams.
There has been considerable interest in nurse-led inpatient units.
One paper11 undertook a small descriptive study that looked at nurse-led review clinics in one hospital and compared them to doctor-led review.
This particular paper is based mainly on data obtained from interviews with patients who had experienced the nurse-led service.
These units are described as nurse-led because patient care is directed by nurses.
