Nurses' experience establishing a nurse-led bladder cancer surveillance flexible cystoscopy service

Abstract

Objective The aim of this article is to describe and evaluate the processes involved in setting up a nurse-led bladder cancer surveillance flexible cystoscopy service. Setting Day Surgery Unit, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. Subjects Registered nurses, follow-up bladder cancer patients and the urological team. Primary argument As a result of inefficiencies in current practice including, waiting times, utilisation of doctors' time, poor documentation and communication and patients being lost to follow-up the existing system for bladder cancer surveillance was questioned. Conclusion This experience has resulted in the creation of a training-tool with competencies, patient path..