ArticleJournal of the Royal Society of Medicine1997
First two years of a follow-up breast clinic led by a nurse practitioner.
Article in Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1997. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- The impact of surgical care practitioners on surgical training.Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine · 2006Article
- Patient's needs and preferences in routine follow-up after treatment for breast cancer.British journal of cancer · 2004Article
- Nurse-practitioner-led breast clinics.Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine · 1997Article
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Abstract
After special training a nurse practitioner ran an independent clinic for follow-up patients with breast disease. All patients referred to a single surgical firm with breast cancer and most patients with benign disease who required follow-up were included. In the first 2 years of the service 382 clinic visits were recorded (median 5/clinic, range 1-12). The nurse practitioner reviewed 236 (62%) patients alone but involved the consultant surgeon in the remainder. No significant lesion was missed in these patients. The nurse-led clinic is popular with patients and, subject to careful supervision, offers an attractive option for follow-up of patients with breast disease.
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