Vascular Nurse Clinician
The Vascular Surgery Team at Singapore General Hospital offers a continuum of care for patients with peripheral arterial and venous disease. There is a growing need to educate our aging population to be aware of the complications arising from chronic diseases that may lead to avoidable amputation of limbs.
The Vascular Nurse Clinician provides nursing expertise in the management of patients who are referred to the Vascular Surgery Team. Some of these vascular problems include abdominal aortic aneurysm, peripheral vascular disease, venous insufficiency, vascular access for haemodialysis and arterial or venous lower limb ulcerations.
The Vascular Nurse Clinician is responsible for the development of patient education guides, nurses' training programmes, patient care guidelines and standards of practice. She works independently and intradependently with other members of the health care team including her supervisors.