Nurses are an important resource in Swedish bowel cancer screening
Colonoscopies performed by specially trained nurses as part of the Swedish bowel cancer screening program are of at least the same quality as those performed by doctors, according to a study from Karolinska Institutet published in the journal Endoscopy. The results suggest that nurses could help to address the increasing demand for examinations within the national screening program.
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