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. 2019 Nov 26;7(1):68-77.
doi: 10.1002/nop2.407. eCollection 2020 Jan.

Review of a nurse consultant's role: Identifying the contribution made to people living with and beyond cancer

Claire Taylor  1 , Theresa Wiseman  2
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Review of a nurse consultant's role: Identifying the contribution made to people living with and beyond cancer

Claire Taylor et al. Nurs Open. .

Abstract

Aim: To evaluate a new nurse consultant (NC) role, four specific objectives were set including examining the NC's contribution to the local implementation over a 30-month time period of the Recovery Package and assessing changes at a patient/professional/system level.

Methods: An evaluative process was agreed using Donabedian's (2005) model for measuring the quality of care provided. It focused on the NC's contribution to the Trust's LWBC agenda including a review of Recovery Package metrics, analysis of the NC template recording activity across different domains, 360-degree feedback and personal reflections.

Results: The evaluation demonstrated the NC's influence on individual patient care with an increase in three of the four Recovery Package metrics to the Trust; improvements in delivery of services and a higher level of participation in activities aimed at raising awareness to LWBC at a regional and national level. Broader influences of this role were also evident.

Keywords: Recovery Package; cancer nursing; living with and beyond cancer; nurse consultant; practice development; reflection; role evaluation.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no competing interests.

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