Training and support to enable home immunoglobulin therapy.
This article describes the development of an immunoglobulin home therapy and support service. The service provides patients with the education and training that they need to be able to undertake immunoglobulin therapy at home. To facilitate this the trust's competency-based enhanced practice framework was adapted. Evaluation through clinical audit and a patient satisfaction survey has yielded positive results, indicating that the enhanced practice framework provides a robust and effective approach to patient education.
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Thoracic Services, Papworth Hospital NHS Trust.
D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D003479:Curriculum; D004739:England; D018718:Home Infusion Therapy / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007116:Immunization, Passive / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012646:Self Administration / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D012944:Social Support