Brachytherapy knowledge is essential for nurses
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Brachytherapy knowledge is essential for nurses

Claire Deering Brachytherapy clinical nurse specialist, Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Patchy availability of this treatment is hampering good care

Oncology clinical nurse specialists are at the heart of multidisciplinary teams. They make an invaluable contribution to supporting patients across the whole care pathway. It is essential that nurses are able to communicate in-depth knowledge about a person’s disease and all the treatment options available to them.

Cancer Nursing Practice. 17, 01, 13-13. doi: 10.7748/cnp.17.01.13.s11

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