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.
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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
Developing the CNS service at a cancer treatment tertiary centre
By: Jackie Fenemore & Emma Halkyard, The Christie NHS Trust
Category
Treatment
Coventry Roy Castle Lung Cancer Support Group
By: Lindsey Fitzpatrick. Clinical Nurse Specialist Lung Cancer, University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust
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
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
Category
Treatment
Nurse-led follow-up for results - Breaking bad news within the home setting if this is the preferred option
By: Paul McKenna & Christine Marsden, Pendle Community Hospital
Category
Diagnosis and Initial Needs
Pilot to gather information regarding patient concerns following surgery for lung cancer and to assess uptake for holistic needs assessment (HNA) within this group
By: Joanne Brown, Whiston Hospital
Category
Treatment
Developing a breathlessness booklet
By: Carol Davies, Nevill Hall Hospital
Category
Diagnosis and Initial Needs
Macmillan thoracic surgical nurse specialist post
By: Sandra Dixon. Macmillan Thoracic surgical Nurse Specialist, St James University Hospital
Category
Treatment
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
Enhanced recovery programme
By: Sandra Dixon, Macmillan Thoracic Surgical Nurse Specialist, St James University Hospital
Category
Treatment
Annual report
By: Lindsey Fitzpatrick, Macmillan Lung Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist, University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust
Category
Follow-Up and End-of-Life Care