Enhancing care: developing the assistant practitioner role: The workload of chemotherapy nurses is growing as cancer becomes more of a chronic disease. Donna McGowan and Karen Campbell describe the introduction of a new role in a chemotherapy unit to support nurses and improve patient care

McGowan, Donna; Campbell, Karen

Abstract

The workload of chemotherapy nurses is growing as cancer becomes more of a chronic disease. Donna McGowan and Karen Campbell describe the introduction of a new role in a chemotherapy unit to support nurses and improve patient care

Citation

McGowan, D., & Campbell, K. (2010). Enhancing care: developing the assistant practitioner role: The workload of chemotherapy nurses is growing as cancer becomes more of a chronic disease. Donna McGowan and Karen Campbell describe the introduction of a new role in a chemotherapy unit to support nurses and improve patient care. Cancer Nursing Practice, 9(2), 16-20. https://doi.org/10.7748/cnp2010.03.9.2.16.c7678

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Mar 10, 2010
• Deposit Date: May 6, 2015
• Journal: Cancer Nursing Practice
• Print ISSN: 1475-4266
• Electronic ISSN: 2047-8933
• Publisher: RCN Publishing
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 16-20
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.7748/cnp2010.03.9.2.16.c7678
• Keywords: Nursing practitioner; cancer nursing; chemotherapy nurses; patient care
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/7973