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How a specialist nurse helps patients undergoing deep brain stimulation
Catherine Young1, Moira Abercrombie, Avril Beattie
1Neurosciences Department, Ninewells Hospital, Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust, Dundee.
Professional Nurse (London, England)
|March 13, 2003
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.