Implementing a nurse-led fracture intervention service.
Osteoporosis affects three million people in the UK. The condition puts people at high risk of sustaining potentially debilitating fractures. The key to effective management is early intervention and disease management to reduce patients' fracture risk. This article reports on the introduction of a nurse-led fracture intervention service that aims to selectively case-find those at highest risk of osteoporosis. An audit was undertaken to evaluate the service.
Spencer
Julie
J
Endocrinology Department, The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
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