title: Nurse practitioner-led prostate biopsy in the United Kingdom.
abstract: As prostate cancer detection rates increase, multi-professional health care teams with nurse practitioners are adopting some roles that have predominantly been in the medical domain. This article reports the development of nurse practitioners undertaking prostate biopsies in the United Kingdom and presents an audit demonstrating the safety of nurse practitioners conducting this procedure.
authors.affiliation: Homerton University Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: Philippa
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Aslet
mesh_terms: D057179:Advanced Practice Nursing / Q000639:trends; D001706:Biopsy / Q000451:nursing* / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000639:trends*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000451:nursing*; D006113:United Kingdom