The role of nurse-led care in cancer management

Lancet Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 631-636

  Corner, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW;

EID: 0141963108     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(03)01223-3     Document Type: Note

References (34)

1. Department of Health. The NHS Plan. London: UK Department of Health, 2000.
2. Doyal L, Cameron A. Reshaping the NFIS Workforce. BMJ 2000; 320: 1023-24.
3. Fagin C. Nursing's value proves itself. Am J Nurs, 1990; 90: 17-30.
4. Ramsay JA, McKenzie JK, Fish DG. Physicians and nurse practitioners: do they provide equivalent health care? Am J Public Health 1982; 72: 55-57.
5. Richardson G, Maynard A. Fewer doctors? More nurses? A review of the knowledge base of doctor-nurse substitution. Discussion paper 135. York: University of York Centre for Health Economics, 1995.
6. Hobbs R, Murray GT. Specialist liaison nurses: evidence for their effectiveness is limited. BMJ 1999; 318: 683-84.
7. Rich MW, Beckham V, Wittenberg C, et al. A multidisciplinary intervention to prevent the readmission of elderly patients with congestive heart failure. N Engl J Med 1995; 333: 1190-95.
8. Taylor F, Gray A, Gaminara L, et al. Costs and effectiveness of a nurse specialist anticoagulation clinic. J Clin Pathol 1997; 50: 823-28.
9. Dowling S, Barrett S, West R. With nurse practitioners, who needs house officers? BMJ 1995; 311: 309-13.
10. Alfano G. A different kind of nursing. Nursing Outlook 1988; 36: 34-39.
11. Davies SM. An evaluation of nurse-led team care within a rehabilitation ward for elderly people. J Clin Nurs 1994; 3: 25-33.
12. Pearson A, Punton S, Duranti I. Nursing beds: an evaluation of the effects of therapeutic nursing. London: Scutari Press, 1992.
13. Steiner A, Walsh B, Pickering RM, et al. Therapeutic nursing or unblocking beds? A randomised controlled trial of a post-acute intermediate care unit. BMJ 2001; 322: 453-60.
14. Richardson G, Griffith P, Wilson-Barnett J, et al. Int J Technol Assess Health Care 2001; 17: 442-50.
15. Brada M. Is there a need for follow-up cancer patients? Eur J Cancer 1995; 31A: 655-57.
16. Department of Health. The Cancer Plan. London: UK Department of Health, 2000.
17. Wewers ME, Neidig JL, Kihm KE. The feasibility of a nurse-managed peer-led tobacco cessation intervention among HIV-positive smokers. J Assoc Nurse AIDS Care 2000; 11: 37-44.
18. Oliveria SA, Nehal KS, Christos PJ, et al. Using nurse practitioners for skin cancer screening - a pilot study. Am J Prevent Med 2001; 21: 214-17.
19. Schoenfeld P, Lipscomb S, Crook J, et al. Accuracy of polyp detection by gastroenterologists and nurse endoscopists during flexible sigmoidoscopy: a randomised trial. Gastroenterology 1999; 117: 312-18.
20. Maule WF. Screening for colorectal cancer by nurse endoscopists. N Engl J Med 1994; 330: 183-87.
21. Garvican L, Grimsey E, Littlejohn P, et al. Satisfaction with clinical nurse specialists in a breast care clinic: questionnaire survey. BMJ 1998; 316: 976-77.
22. Ritz LJ, Nissen MJ, Swenson KK, et al. Effects of advanced nursing care on quality of life and cost outcomes of women diagnosed with breast cancer. Oncology Nursing Forum 2000; 6: 923-32.
23. Addington-Hall J, MacDonald LD, Anderson HR, et al. Randomised controlled trial of co-ordinating care for terminally ill cancer patients. BMJ 1992; 305: 1317-22.
24. Raftery JP, Addington-Hall JM, MacDonald LD, et al. A randomised controlled trial of the cost-effectiveness of a district co-ordinating service for terminally ill cancer patients. Palliat Med 1996; 2: 151-61.
25. McCorkle R, Benoliel JQ, Donaldson G, et al. A Randomised clinical trial of home nursing care for lung cancer patients. Cancer 1989; 64: 1375-82
26. Corner J, Moore S, Haviland J, et al. Nurse led follow up and conventional medical follow up in management of patients with lung cancer: randomised trail. BMJ 2002; 325: 1145-47.
27. Moore S, Corner J, Fuller F. Development of nurse-led follow-up in the management of patients with lung cancer. NT Research 1999; 4: 432-44.
28. Campbell J, German L, Lane C, Dodwell D. Radiotherapy outpatient review: a nurse-led clinic. Clin Oncol 2000; 12: 104-07.
29. Weintrob FN, Hagopian GA. The effects of nursing consultation on anxiety, side effects and self-care of patients receiving radiation therapy. Oncology Nursing Forum 1990; 17 (suppl): 31-38.
30. James ND, Guerro D, Brada M. Who should follow-up cancer patients? Nurse specialist based outpatient care and the introduction of a phone clinic system. Clin Oncol 1994; 6: 283-87.
31. Faithfull S, Corner J, Meyer L, et al. Evaluation of nurse-led follow-up for patients undergoing pelvic radiotherapy. BMJ 2001; 85: 1853-64.
32. Plant H, Bredin M, Krishnasamy M, Corner J. Working with resistance, tension and objectivity: conducting a randomised controlled trial of a nursing intervention for breathlessness. NT Research 2000; 6: 426-34.
33. Faithfull S. Supportive care in radiotherapy: evaluating the potential contribution of nursing [PhD thesis]. London: Institute of Cancer Research, 2000.
34. Bedrash G. The decreasing supply of registered nurses: inevitable future or call to action? JAMA 2000; 283: 2985-87.