title: Developing and supporting expansion of the nurse's role.
abstract: This article describes an initiative to comply with recommendations of the Calman Report (DoH 1991) on reducing junior doctors' hours through expanding the role of nurses. The author details the composition of the supporting training programmes developed and reports on an audit carried out to assess the effect of the programmes and expansion.
authors.affiliation: Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital, Thanet Healthcare NHS Trust, Margate.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Higgins
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D009731:Nursing Audit; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D016526:Workload