A community nursery nurse working with families with multiple births.

The introduction of skill mix into the health visiting services is causing debate and some concern among health visitors. Patricia Marks describes a three year project in Brighton health authority in which a community nursery nurse was introduced to work in the home with families with multiple births. The role of the community nursery nurse is different from that of the health visitor but this extra input to these families has relieved pressure on health visitors' time, as well as being of tremendous help to the families.