Conference presented by:
Dr Sue Crossman, PhD
United-Kingdom
Dr Sue Crossman has a nursing background and has held senior posts in health services management, education and research. She has a particular interest in challenging processes within health services that are complex and time consuming but generate little benefit, seeking to create innovative solutions. She has devised, implemented and evaluated a new ‘Care Test’ to determine whether people need nursing or social care. The test has been adopted across a large part of the midlands of England. Sue’s main focus for research has been nursing in General Practice, where she worked for many years. Her PhD thesis explored factors affecting the evolution of the role of the nurse in General Practice. Sue maintains strong links with national professional bodies and is author of an on-line practice nursing programme.
Abstract
General practice is currently central to health service reform in the UK, producing favourable conditions for the practice nurse role to be further strengthened and developed. However, the literature has continued to describe evidence that practice nurses are a disempowered, isolated group with many constraints reducing their ability to respond to opportunities to develop their role. The rationale for conducting the study was therefore to provide a greater understanding about the constraining factors and their influence on practice nurses wishing to develop their role.
Videoconference request deadline: Thursday, November 9th 2017, 4:00 p.m.