Introducing a day-case lung biopsy service.
The change agent component of the specialist nurse role can be effective in service review and management. This was put into effect in one hospital to enable the lung biopsy service to become an efficient, high-quality patient-centred resource for patients who are suspected of having lung cancer.
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George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton. tracy.kates@geh.nhs.uk
D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle / Q000451:nursing* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic / Q000451:nursing; D006113:United Kingdom