Role of the Nurse

Abstract

The nurse entering a specialized field such as gastroenterology should have at least one year’s post-registration experience which will have given her the opportunity to develop her nursing skills, exposed her to first line management experience and enabled her to bring a mature approach to the specialty. It is important that a nurse in a relatively new and specialized field does not become isolated. It is also imperative that she receives training in the subject and is allowed contact with sources of information and education which will help her to develop her job to the benefit of the patient and to increase her job satisfaction.

‘A trained nurse is the ideal person to assist in the organisation of an endoscopy service and at the actual examination.’

BSDE Memorandum, 1973