National Survey on the roles and training of primary care respiratory nurses in the UK in 2006: are we making a difference?
Written by Upton J, Madoc-Sutton H, Sheikh A, Frank TL, Walker SM & Fletcher MF
Describes nurse-led UK general practice asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) care, and the training undertaken to support it, and finds many nurses with an advanced role did not have accredited training and are under-supervised, particularly those working with COPD patients.
Link to paper:
http://www.thepcrj.org/journ/view_article.php?article_id=507
Published: October 2007
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