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Good Practice Guide

The purpose of this guide is to provide a user friendly, informative guide for all lung cancer nurses and their colleagues.

The majority of the examples of good practice have been provided by members of Lung Cancer Nursing UK. The Good Practice Guide published by LCNUK is now an established guide to excellent practice and could be extended to be a guide for all tumour sites and other CNS roles in the NHS as examples of developing good practice. A great deal of the work highlighted in these Good Practice Guides is transferable and LCNUK are keen to share their good practice and encourage other CNS’s working to promote good practice to share their ideas.

Have your own example of good practice? Share with us now.

Management of patients undergoing image guided biopsies

By: Catherine Docherty, Royal Free Hospital

Category

Investigation Process

A 'hub and spoke' approach to providing mesothelioma clinical nurse specialists across the UK

By: Lorraine Creech, UHSM and NorthWest

Category

Diagnosis and Initial Needs

Fast-track clinic

By: Dawn Beaty, Lung Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist, University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust

Category

Investigation Process

Sustaining a therapeutic lung cancer and mesothelioma support group known as 'the Sunflower club'. This is a group for lung cancer and mesothelioma patients and includes carers

By: Jill Mowforth, Buckinghamshire Hospital NHS Trust, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Cancer Care & Haematology Unit

Category

Follow-Up and End-of-Life Care

Holistic nursing assessment: Developing a comprehensive screening and assessment process

By: Jill Mowforth & Hayley Steiner, Buckinghamshire Hospital NHS Trust, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Cancer Care & Haematology Unit

Category

Investigation Process

Macmillan lung cancer specialist supportive service support officer

By: Sarah Morgan, Glangwili Hospital

Category

Diagnosis and Initial Needs

Macmillan lung cancer specialist supportive service

By: Sarah Morgan, Glangwili Hospital

Category

Pre-Diagnosis and Referral

Rehabilitation programme post surgery

By: Josie Roberts & Suzanne Davies, Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

Category

Follow-Up and End-of-Life Care

Home visits for patients diagnosed with mesothelioma

By: Josie Roberts & Suzanne Davies, Rotherham General Hospital

Category

Diagnosis and Initial Needs

Holistic needs assessment - Self assessment tools

By: Josie Roberts & Suzanne Davies, Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

Category

Diagnosis and Initial Needs

Assistance in investigative procedures

By: Josie Roberts & Suzanne Davies, Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

Category

Investigation Process

Abnormal x-ray tracking

By: Josie Roberts & Suzanne Davies, Rotherham General Hospital

Category

Pre-Diagnosis and Referral

Nurse-led management of pleural effusions, in patients with a lung cancer or mesothelioma

By: Carol Davies, Lung Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists, Nevill Hall Hospital

Category

Treatment

Developing a breathlessness booklet

By: Carol Davies, Nevill Hall Hospital

Category

Diagnosis and Initial Needs

'If only I'd known you were in'

By: Lucy Heycock, Raigmore

Category

Treatment

 

On behalf of the LCNUK committee, Jackie Fenemore and Carol Davies would like to thank members for supporting the development of this third edition Good Practice Guide. We are indebted to those nurses who have sent in examples of improvements and changes in their practice,some of which are also included in the Scottish Lung Cancer Forum for Nurses Electronic Directory for Sharing Practice.

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