Changing roles in community health care: Delegation of insulin injections to health care support workers

British Journal of Community Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 14-19

  Dutton, Julie ^a,f   McCaskill, Kelly ^b,f   Alton, Sarah ^c,f   Levesley, Maria ^a,f   Hemingway, Cath ^d,f   Farndon, Lisa ^e,f  

^a Integrated Care Team Nurse Lead   (United Kingdom)

^b ACP Learning and Development Lead   (United Kingdom)

^c Medicines Management   (United Kingdom)

^d Integrated Community Care Pathway Manager   (United Kingdom)

^e Research Lead   (United Kingdom)

^f SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community nursing; Extended roles; Health care support workers; Insulin injections

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NURSING; NURSING PRACTICE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PILOT STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; INSULIN; PILOT PROJECTS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, NURSES'; STATE MEDICINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85063510846     PISSN: 14624753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjcn.2018.23.1.14     Document Type: Article

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