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Special Topics HOSPITAL AUTHORITY CONVENTION 2016
T15.3 The Nursing Profession: Turning Points at Nurse Clinics 13:15 Room 221
How to Make a Difference?
Chan CMC 1, Lee WK 2, Chan BSK 3, Siu ESM 4
1Medicine Department, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 2Department of Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital, 3Continence Care Service,
United Christian Hospital, 4Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Tuen Mun Hospital, Hong Kong
Nursing practice is advancing. Nurse clinic is regarded as one of the innovative forms of advanced nursing practice to
support intermediate care after the acute phase of disease (Wong and Chung, 2006).
Patient care clinics run by nurses have long been set up in some specific clinical services in the HA. The definition of nurse
clinics was standardised in 2003 and accrediting nurse clinics was initiated in 2006 (Hospital Authority, 2013). The HA
continues to develop nurse clinics both within hospitals and in the community. Over these years, nurse clinics have assumed
their distinctive roles of providing health counselling to patients and their families or carers, offering psychological support,
monitoring patient’s health status and delivering nursing interventions. In general, patients reported their experiences of
improved outcomes and enhanced satisfaction with care following the nurse clinic consultation, and physicians valued their
partnership in care with nurses (Wong and Chung, 2006). The evidence for the effectiveness of nurse-led intervention is also
supported by systemic review (Ndosi et al., 2011).
This presentation will demonstrate the collaboration of nurse consultants from the Nurse Clinics of Cardiology, Continence,
Wound and Breastfeeding in providing advanced nursing care to a patient, and their significant others in a holistic
perspective. Clinics support and empower patients and their family to overcome their health problems so as to make it a
positive experience.
T15.4 The Nursing Profession: Turning Points at Nurse Clinics 13:15 Room 221
New Hope: Towards Healthy and Happy Life Wednesday, 4 May
Chan CMC 1, Lee WK 2, Chan BSK 3, Siu ESM 4
1Medicine Department, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 2Department of Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital, 3Continence Care Service,
United Christian Hospital, 4Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Tuen Mun Hospital, Hong Kong
Nursing practice is advancing. Nurse clinic is regarded as one of the innovative forms of advanced nursing practice to
support intermediate care after the acute phase of disease (Wong and Chung, 2006).
Patient care clinics run by nurses have long been set up in some specific clinical services in the HA. The definition of nurse
clinics was standardised in 2003 and accrediting nurse clinics was initiated in 2006 (Hospital Authority, 2013). The HA
continues to develop nurse clinics both within hospitals and in the community. Over these years, nurse clinics have assumed
their distinctive roles of providing health counselling to patients and their families or carers, offering psychological support,
monitoring patient’s health status and delivering nursing interventions. In general, patients reported their experiences of
improved outcomes and enhanced satisfaction with care following the nurse clinic consultation, and physicians valued their
partnership in care with nurses (Wong and Chung, 2006). The evidence for the effectiveness of nurse-led intervention is also
supported by systemic review (Ndosi et al., 2011).
This presentation will demonstrate the collaboration of nurse consultants from the Nurse Clinics of Cardiology, Continence,
Wound and Breastfeeding in providing advanced nursing care to a patient, and their significant others in a holistic
perspective. Clinics support and empower patients and their family to overcome their health problems so as to make it a
positive experience.
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