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<p>Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative condition that is the most common form of movement disorder. Caring for people with Parkinson's requires the skills and expertise of a Parkinson's disease and movement disorders nurse specialist (PDMDNS) (Bramble, Carroll, &amp; Rossiter, 2018). The World Health Organisation has identified the importance of monitoring health workforce demographics and distribution trends in order to effectively plan for health care needs (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="j_ajon-2023-013_ref_006">WHO 2016</xref>). This is the third publication of an annual series reviewing the longitudinal trends of the PDMDNS workforce in Australia (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="j_ajon-2023-013_ref_005">Williams et al. 2021</xref>, Williams et al. 2023).</p>
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Background
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative condition that is the most common form of movement disorder. Caring for people with Parkinson's requires the skills and expertise of a Parkinson's disease and movement disorders nurse specialist (PDMDNS) (Bramble, Carroll, & Rossiter, 2018). The World Health Organisation has identified the importance of monitoring health workforce demographics and distribution trends in order to effectively plan for health care needs (WHO 2016). This is the third publication of an annual series reviewing the longitudinal trends of the PDMDNS workforce in Australia (Williams et al. 2021, Williams et al. 2023).

2022 Annual Demographic Survey of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorder Nurse Specialists

Movement Disorders Clinical Nurse Consultant

Honorary Research Fellow, Department Biological Sciences

Australasian Journal of Neuroscience

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Background
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative condition that is the most common form of movement disorder. Caring for people with Parkinson's...

2022 Annual Demographic Survey of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorder Nurse Specialists

Published Online: Oct 11, 2023

Page range: 24 - 29

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ajon-2023-013

© 2023 Susan Williams et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.