title: The nurse colonoscopist--training and quality assurance.
abstract: Specialist trained nurses have been performing flexible sigmoidoscopy as part of their nursing role since the 1970s in the United States. As nurses have shown their efficacy and effectiveness in performing flexible sigmoidoscopy, this new nursing role has been adopted more globally in the United Kingdom and other European countries.
authors.affiliation: Wolfson Unit for Endoscopy, St. Mark's Hospital, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UK, UK. m.vance@imperial.ac.uk
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vance
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000592:standards; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses; D006113:United Kingdom