Part 3: Defining the unique role of the specialist district nurse practitioner.
The third of a series of articles concludes the unique role of the District Nurse. District Nurses are proud of their profession and seek to demonstrate their advanced skills through further case scenarios. As Government policy continues to expect health care providers to keep patients in the community who have complex health and social care needs, District nursing is the obvious profession that remainss constant in ever changing times.
Barrett
Anne
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Buckinghamshire PCT. anne.barrett2@nhs.net
Latham
Dinah
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Levermore
Joy
J
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