How a specialist nurse helps patients undergoing deep brain stimulation |
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| Authors: | Young Catherine Abercrombie Moira Beattie Avril |
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| Affiliation: | Neurosciences Department, Ninewells Hospital, Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust, Dundee. |
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| Abstract: | Deep brain stimulation is becoming the most frequently used neurosurgical treatment for patients with complex Parkinson's disease. This paper reports on the creation of a clinical nurse specialist role in a Scottish hospital's movement disorder team to support patients going through this treatment and their families, working with the neuroscience nurses and multidisciplinary team. |
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