The demographics, educational attainment and current practices of rheumatology nurses and allied health professionals in the UK

Hill, Jackie; Oliver, Susan; Finney, Diana

doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keq020

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“…With an awareness of these challenges, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Rheumatology Nursing Forum published the results of a rheumatology nurse survey (Hill et al, 2010;RCN, 2009) and, in addition, supported a 1-year project exploring the clinical activities undertaken by the RNS working in the UK. This paper set out the evidence to demonstrate the true return on investment of the RNS to the NHS.…”

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Return on investment: workload, complexity and value of the CNS

Oliver

Leary

2012

Br J Nurs

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The RNS represented an excellent return on investment, in terms of income generation activity, patient safety and efficiency. These outcomes were achieved using key principles of proactive case management using vigilance, rescue work and brokering. The mean average per whole time equivalent (WTE) RNS per annum represents £ 175,168 in terms of income/savings to an employing NHS Trust. This figure is likely to be an underestimation, as calculations on reduction in bed days in hospital have not been included.

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Return on investment: workload, complexity and value of the CNS

Oliver

Leary

2012

Br J Nurs

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“…The Wrst is probably Wnancial, [11,12] because nurse salaries are more economical for health providers. Secondly, patients have shown high degree of satisfaction from the service oVered by AHPs [24][25][26] despite the fact that on occasions their workload outstrips available resources [27] Thirdly, there is an increase in demand for arthritis care for which despite the demand [28,29] a shortage of rheumatologists (and facilities) is predicted in the near future [5,7,30].…”

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Development of a structured on-site nursing program for training nurse specialists in rheumatology

2011

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There is currently no structured system for nurses or allied health professionals to undertake further training to become a nurse specialist (NSp) or nurse practitioner (NP) in rheumatology on-site, while working in a district general hospital setting. These shortcomings have prompted us to develop a structured pathway that could be followed by staff nurses who wish to become NSp in rheumatology. The proposed pathway aims to assist the nurses or therapists (physiotherapists, psychologists, occupational therapist, podiatrists, etc.) to develop a sound knowledge based on the rationale, safety, and high quality clinical care when monitoring of patients taking disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) to ensure they acquire skills enabling them to provide safe, evidence-based effective patient-centered care. Near the end of the pathway, the trainee would be expected to have an understanding of the particularities of chronic arthritis conditions as well as screening, assessment, and monitoring of patients receiving DMARDs and biological agents. Tests for competencies are included and certification may be considered.

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Rheumatoid arthritis: diagnosis and multidisciplinary management

Firth¹

2011

Br J Nurs

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Rheumatoid arthritis is a long-term condition involving inflammation of the synovial joints, systemic features and the potential for organ involvement (Scott et al, 2010). Diagnosis is made based on clinical features and investigations, according to established classification criteria ( Arnett et al, 1988; Aletaha et al, 2010). Early diagnosis is important to initiate disease-modifying treatment and optimize outcomes. The role of the specialist nurse includes assessing and treating disease activity, providing patient education to support self-care, facilitating access to multidisciplinary team, and assessing and addressing associated psychosocial issues.

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The demographics, educational attainment and current practices of rheumatology nurses and allied health professionals in the UK

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Return on investment: workload, complexity and value of the CNS

Return on investment: workload, complexity and value of the CNS

Development of a structured on-site nursing program for training nurse specialists in rheumatology

Rheumatoid arthritis: diagnosis and multidisciplinary management

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