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- Title
What do community palliative care nurse specialists do? An activity analysis.
- Authors
Newbury, Jenny; de Leeuw, Wayne; Newton, Claire
- Abstract
A self-assessed activity analysis of a team of community palliative care nurse specialists was undertaken as part of a wider review of their service. Although it was not a research project, it proved to be a pragmatic and worthwhile means of analysing the work of individual nurse specialists and measuring what they actually do. The results and outcomes are presented in order to share the experience and to break down some of the isolation of community palliative nursing practice. The study found quite wide variations in practice between the individual nurse specialists but that most spent a high proportion of their time on clinical work at the expense of other aspects of the nurse specialist role, such as education, research and audit. It also found that most of the nurse specialists worked many more than their contracted hours and took very few breaks during the working day. The study promoted discussion within the team, changes have been introduced and the study will be repeated in two years' time.
- Subjects
PALLIATIVE treatment; COMMUNITY health nursing; HOSPICE care; MEDICAL care for older people; MEDICAL research
- Publication
International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 2008, Vol 14, Issue 6, p264
- ISSN
1357-6321
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12968/ijpn.2008.14.6.30021