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.
Holistic needs assessment - Self assessment tools
By: Josie Roberts & Suzanne Davies, Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust
Diagnosis and Initial Needs
Home visits for patients diagnosed with mesothelioma
By: Josie Roberts & Suzanne Davies, Rotherham General Hospital
Diagnosis and Initial Needs
Rehabilitation programme post surgery
By: Josie Roberts & Suzanne Davies, Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust
Follow-Up and End-of-Life Care
Macmillan lung cancer specialist supportive service
By: Sarah Morgan, Glangwili Hospital
Pre-Diagnosis and Referral
Macmillan lung cancer specialist supportive service support officer
By: Sarah Morgan, Glangwili Hospital
Diagnosis and Initial Needs
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
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
Follow-Up and End-of-Life Care
Lung cancer pathway study day
By: Nicola Jackson, Lung Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist, University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust
Pre-Diagnosis and Referral
Nurse-led breathlessness clinic
By: Dawn Beaty, Lindsey Fitzpatrick & Nicola Jackson, University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust
Follow-Up and End-of-Life Care
Developing the CNS service at a cancer treatment tertiary centre
By: Jackie Fenemore & Emma Halkyard, The Christie NHS Trust
Treatment
Developing a concurrent chemo/radiotherapy treatment patient focus checklist/patient hand held schedule and management of symptoms/side effects of treatment by the lung CNS
By: Jackie Fenemore & Emma Halkyard, Lung Cancer Nurse Clinicians, The Christie Hospital
Treatment
Macmillan thoracic surgical nurse specialist post
By: Sandra Dixon. Macmillan Thoracic surgical Nurse Specialist, St James University Hospital
Treatment
Enhanced recovery programme
By: Sandra Dixon, Macmillan Thoracic Surgical Nurse Specialist, St James University Hospital
Treatment
Patient education programme
By: Sandra Dixon, Macmillan Thoracic Surgical Nurse Specialist, St James University Hospital
Treatment
Lung cancer diagnosis and home visits
By: Jo Phelps, Michelle Palmer & Jolly Barber, Southend University Hospital
Diagnosis and Initial Needs
Memorial service
By: Jo Phelps, Michelle Palmer & Jolly Barber, Southend University Hospital
Follow-Up and End-of-Life Care
CT based surveillance programme following resection of early stage lung cancer
By: Jenny Mitchell, Oxford University Hospital
Follow-Up and End-of-Life Care
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