Patient education: partnership in action.
This paper describes the work of the combined Patient Education Co-ordinator/Home Dialysis Nurse at The Richard Bright Renal Unit, Bristol, England. The renal unit is part of a large district general hospital of 1000 beds in the South West of England. We cover a 60 mile radius of Bristol over several counties, some of which are rural farming communities.
Richard Bright Renal Unit, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK.
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D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D004739:England; D006437:Hemodialysis, Home / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010358:Patient Participation