title: Advantages of a nurse-led central venous vascular access service.
abstract: Inserting central venous catheters for patients requiring parenteral nutrition (PN) is expensive and time consuming, particularly if operating theatre facilities are used. Expanding the role of a clinical nurse specialist, with previous experience in critical care, enabled this procedure to be performed percutaneously at the bedside, cutting costs, freeing medical staff time and improving patient care.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Access and Parenteral Nutrition, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK. helen.hamilton@orh.nhs.uk
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Hamilton