A service evaluation describing a nurse‐led prostate cancer service in NHS, Ayrshire and Arran
This article describes the model and presents the results of a local evaluation to assess its impact. The evaluation comprised a retrospective audit of the service against national standards for PC management, undertaken in 2012. Seventy‐one patients, who were under the care of the service during June 2008, were included. Patient and staff satisfaction were also assessed using questionnaires distributed to 75 patients undergoing outpatient or telephone reviews during April 2012 and 7 one‐to‐one semi‐structured staff interviews. The patient audit showed good compliance with standards relating to selection of appropriate PC treatments according to tumour stage and grade; radiotherapy dosing and referral‐to‐treatment times. Areas requiring improvement were the documentation of patients' risk and performance status and provision of verbal and written information to patients and carers. Seventy‐three per cent of the patient questionnaires were returned, with 96% of respondents rating their overall care as ‘excellent’ or ‘very good’. Staff satisfaction was also high and interviewees described many benefits of the service for patients, hospital staff, GPs and the NHS/health board. Negative responses related mainly to demand/capacity issues. Overall, the evaluation showed good compliance with many national standards and high levels of patient and staff satisfaction. This suggests that with trained and competent nursing staff and collaborative multidisciplinary t...
Source: International Journal of Urological Nursing - Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Brian McGlynn, Lillian White, Kathleen Smith, Graham Hollins, Murat Gurun, Brian Little, Ross Clark, Biju Nair, Hilary Glen, Jawaher Ansari, Rana Mahmood, Robert Nairn, Margaret Balsitis, David Chanock, George McLaughlin, Robert Meddings Tags: Practice Development Paper Source Type: research
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