Developing a nurse-led holistic clinic and assessment pathway
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Developing a nurse-led holistic clinic and assessment pathway

Shelagh Roberts Macmillan gynaecology/oncology clinical nurse specialist, Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation
Chris Webster Clinical nurse specialists and members, Merseyside and Cheshire Cancer Network gynaecology oncology clinical nurse specialist group
Dawn Valentine-Gray Clinical nurse specialists and members, Merseyside and Cheshire Cancer Network gynaecology oncology clinical nurse specialist group
Carol Mew Clinical nurse specialists and members, Merseyside and Cheshire Cancer Network gynaecology oncology clinical nurse specialist group
Gwen Gow Clinical nurse specialists and members, Merseyside and Cheshire Cancer Network gynaecology oncology clinical nurse specialist group
Janet Johnson Clinical nurse specialists and members, Merseyside and Cheshire Cancer Network gynaecology oncology clinical nurse specialist group
Esther Lennon Clinical nurse specialists and members, Merseyside and Cheshire Cancer Network gynaecology oncology clinical nurse specialist group
Mandy Myers Clinical nurse specialists and members, Merseyside and Cheshire Cancer Network gynaecology oncology clinical nurse specialist group
Diane Dearden Clinical nurse specialists and members, Merseyside and Cheshire Cancer Network gynaecology oncology clinical nurse specialist group
John Kirwan Gynaecological oncologist, Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust
Laura Jamison Clinical research fellow, Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust

A collaboration between a group of clinical nurse specialists and a patient focus group resulted in the design of a holistic nurse-led framework for the care of women with gynaecological cancers. Shelagh Roberts and colleagues report

This article explores the work undertaken by clinical nurse specialists in the Merseyside and Cheshire Cancer Network with a patient focus group. The purpose was to develop a nurse-led holistic clinic and assessment pathway for women who have had gynaecological cancers.

Cancer Nursing Practice. 8, 8, 34-36. doi: 10.7748/cnp2009.10.8.8.34.c7308

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