title: How a specialist nurse helps patients undergoing deep brain stimulation.
abstract: Deep brain stimulation is becoming the most frequently used neurosurgical treatment for patients with complex Parkinson's disease. This paper reports on the creation of a clinical nurse specialist role in a Scottish hospital's movement disorder team to support patients going through this treatment and their families, working with the neuroscience nurses and multidisciplinary team.
authors.affiliation: Neurosciences Department, Ninewells Hospital, Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust, Dundee.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: Moira
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abercrombie
authors.forename: Avril
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beattie
mesh_terms: D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000451:nursing* / Q000628:therapy*; D013041:Specialties, Nursing / Q000379:methods*