Cancer Nursing Practice is the only UK practice-based journal to cover all aspects of cancer nursing
Cancer pain: learn how to improve quality of life by encouraging patients to talk about pain.
This article from Cancer Nursing Practice offers tips on communication skills for nurses specifically about cancer-related pain.
https://rcni.com/cancer-nursing-practice/newsroom/analysis/cancer-pain-how-improved-nurse-patient-communication-can-help-207336
Demand for systemic anticancer therapy (SACT) has grown in recent years.
This article in Cancer Nursing Practice has been written to help nurses better understand the implications of the growing demand for SACT.
Written by Ayrshire and Arran Macmillan nurse consultant Caroline Rennie and Macmillan practice development facilitator Nicky Batty.
Systemic anticancer therapy service redesign
Learn how cancer nurses can approach difficult conversations and empower parents to have honest conversations with their children.
Honest conversations with children about end of life when a parent is dying of cancer can have a positive impact on the way they cope with the grieving process
Cancer and its associated treatments can result in a range of adverse symptoms which can affect a person’s ability to consume food and fluids.
This CPD article in RCNi’s Cancer Nursing Practice discusses nutrition impact symptoms and the dietary modifications that can be used to manage them.
Supporting people to manage nutrition throughout their cancer journey
Do we need personalised cancer care in primary care?
This practice question explores the components of the personalised care framework and if we need it in primary care.
Personalised care is not routinely available for everyone with cancer, but with its focus on what matters to patients it can give them more choice and control
How can we improve the pancreatic cancer patient care pathway?
Pancreatic Cancer UK specialist nurse Di Dobson discusses the condition and how improvements should be made to the patient care pathway.
Pancreatic Cancer UK specialist nurse Di Dobson strongly believes people with the condition deserve better and wants improvements to the patient care pathway
Lynch syndrome is an autosomal dominant inherited condition which predisposes individuals to developing certain cancers.
This article discusses the importance of healthcare professionals providing patients with information about Lynch syndrome, and making clinical genetics referrals where appropriate.
Awareness and understanding of Lynch syndrome among patients with endometrial cancer
Have you ever thought about a career in cancer nursing?
Find out why these inspirational nurses chose the profession and why it continues to inspire them:
From personal experience of cancer to being inspired by patients’ empowerment via finding meaning to life, five nurses explain why they chose cancer nursing
Menopause induced by cancer treatment: a nurse’s guide
Some cancer treatments can cause the onset of menopause, which can be a shock.
Find out how nurses can reduce anxiety and best support patients.
Some cancer treatments can induce early menopause which can be a shock, nurses can reduce anxiety by informing, offering support and helping to prepare patients
How to address inequalities for Deaf people living with cancer
Cancer care delays are acutely felt by Deaf people as communication needs are often overlooked, but nurses can help to ensure this group is not left behind.
Cancer care delays are acutely felt by Deaf people as communication needs are often overlooked, but nurses can help to ensure this group is not left behind
This CPD article from RCNi’s Cancer Nursing Practice is an essential guide to the digital systemic anticancer therapy (SACT) competency passport.
The UK Oncology Nursing Society (UKONS) developed the SACT competency passport to support training and assessment of SACT nurses.
This CPD helps nurses learn about the development of the passport that aims to improve learning experience and accessibility for users.
The authors explain how to complete and mark the passport, how to assess others with it and how to provide feedback.
The CPD has been made open access until 20 November to coincide with the UKONS annual conference.
Read it now > https://journals.rcni.com/cancer-nursing-practice/cpd/the-digital-systemic-anticancer-therapy-competency-passport-a-guide-to-completion-marking-and-assessment-cnp.2023.e1852/abs
What cancer waiting time target changes mean for nurses
The NHS has its worst cancer waiting time targets record in 2022, but a streamlining of standard hopes to bring about a positive change.
The NHS had its worst cancer waiting time targets record in 2022, but a streamlining of standards hopes to bring about a positive change
Non-smoking lung cancer: a guide for nurses
This comment piece discusses what nurses can do to ensure that red flag symptoms of non-smoking lung cancer are picked up promptly.
Lung cancer numbers are rising among people who have never smoked but nurses can help ensure that red flags symptoms are picked up promptly
Palliative care: navigating the shift from curative treatment
Learn how to communicate significant news to patients while listening to their needs and considering the impact on their life.
Advice for nurses on communicating bad news to patients, supporting them in advanced stages of illness and being clear about what palliative care actually is
New cancer treatments and trials: managing patients’ expectations
New cancer drugs are in development but it can be more than a decade before they are considered for use.
Learn how to manage patient expectations so they remain realistic.
Cancer drugs are developing at a rapid rate, but this does not mean they will be readily available to patients and sensitively communicating this reality is key
Lynch syndrome is an autosomal dominant inherited condition which predisposes individuals to developing certain cancers.
This Cancer Nursing Practice article discusses the importance of healthcare professionals providing patients with information about Lynch syndrome, and making clinical genetics referrals where appropriate.
Awareness and understanding of Lynch syndrome among patients with endometrial cancer
CAR-T therapy: what is it and which patients can benefit from it?
Learn more about chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy and what role nurses play in the process.
Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy is an immunotherapy that can be used to treat some cancers and nurses have a key role to play in the patient journey
SACT safety guide: tips for nurses administering cancer drugs
Many nurses are unaware that some of the drugs they administer to patients could be hazardous to their own health.
Learn more about administering SACT safely and what the SACT passport is.
Some nurses are unaware of the risks of handling cytotoxic systemic anticancer therapy (SACT) agents used in cancer treatment, which can be hazardous to health
July marks Sarcoma Awareness Month – a rare type of cancer that develops in the soft tissue.
‘Rare types of cancers are on the rise, and we need to increase our knowledge and skills to enable faster diagnosis and treatment’
Rare types of cancer are on the rise and nurses should keep up to date and enhance skills and knowledge of them to enable faster diagnosis and treatment
Pregnancy and cancer: what nurses need to know
Find out how to help women manage cancer symptoms and side effects during pregnancy.
Cancer during pregnancy is rare, but could become more common, here are tips on how nurses can help, advise and support women and their families
When diagnosed with cancer, people will experience heightened fears and anxieties.
Find out how nurses can help ease concerns and show patients they are not alone.
Cancer diagnosis and treatment heightens people’s fears and anxieties, but nurses can help ease concerns and improve a patient’s mental health and well-being
If you ask young people with cancer what they want from nurses, good communication is high on the list.
Click here for tips on how to communicate effectively and avoid making assumptions based on age or appearance:
Good communication, being transparent and treating teenagers as young adults are some of the key points young people with cancer value from healthcare staff
The Breast Cancer Now service pledge is celebrating its 20thanniversary this year.
Learn more about what they do for breast cancer services in England:
The Breast Cancer Now service pledge celebrates 20 years of being a catalyst for change in nursing services, all shaped by listening and acting on patient feedback
Cancer care services face huge challenges post-pandemic, says CNP consultant editor Carole Farrell.
She discusses how many nurses are at breaking point due to working with reduced staffing levels and complex systems.
Nurses face a new level of challenges and many are at breaking point, reduced staffing levels and the challenges of complex systems only add to that pressure
Have you ever thought about becoming a clinical care specialist in cancer care?
Find out what the role involves and if you have the right skills for it.
Breast cancer clinical nurse specialist Jacob Rosamond answers questions about his job and offers advice to anyone interested in taking on a similar role
Have you ever thought about a career in cancer nursing?
Find out why these inspirational nurses chose the specialism and why it continues to inspire them:
From personal experience of cancer to being inspired by patients’ empowerment via finding meaning to life, five nurses explain why they chose cancer nursing
A new training tool has been introduced for nurses who administer systemic anti-cancer therapy in children and young people cancer services.
Find out how it works:
Standardised training helps nurses administer systemic anti-cancer therapy for children and young people across trusts, benefiting patients and healthcare staff
Cancer and its associated treatments can result in a range of adverse symptoms which can affect a person’s ability to consume food and fluids.
Find out how nurses can support people to manage nutrition throughout their cancer journey.
Supporting people to manage nutrition throughout their cancer journey
A nurse’s guide to a new end of life community sepsis tool:
The UK Sepsis Trust and Marie Cure's latest version of the Sepsis Six tool helps nurses in the community to assess risk to patients and guide decision making
Agitation at the end of life: how to deal with distressing deaths
Advice for nurses on spotting and managing terminal agitation symptoms, supporting families, and coping following a difficult patient death
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The RCN Nursing Awards are back to honour the commitment of UK nursing professionals in one of the most challenging periods of NHS history. There's a dedicated category for cancer research nursing. Here are five reasons why you should take part. #RCNAwards Entries are open at www.rcn-nursing-awards.co.uk
Karen Roberts is CNO of Macmillan Cancer Support and a judge in the Cancer Nursing category of the RCNi Nurse Awards 2019. We asked her what it means to be a part of the judging panel and to learn about the inspirational work of our nurse finalists. Find out more at nurseawards.co.uk
Clinical nurse specialist Catherine Lloyd-Bennett leads the Rapid Diagnosis Centre, which sees people with vague symptoms – but whose GPs think might have cancer – within five days. The project has earned Catherine a nomination for the Cancer Nursing category of the RCNi Nurse Awards 2019. Read the inspirational stories of all our nurse finalists at nurseawards.co.uk.
Margaret Brunton has been nominated in the Excellence in Cancer Research category of the RCNi Nurse Awards 2019 for launching a telephone follow-up clinic for patients on a prostate cancer research trial. Find out more about her project and the rest of our fantastic finalists at nurseawards.co.uk
The prestigious RCNi Nurse Awards are now open for entries. Go to nurseawards.co.uk to nominate yourself or a colleague for one of our categories, including Cancer Nursing and Excellence in Cancer Research.
Cancer Nursing Practice editor Jennifer Sprinks helped to judge both cancer categories for the RCNi Nurse Awards 2018. We asked her what it means to celebrate the work of cancer nurses. Find out more about our finalists at nurseawards.co.uk
ACC Liverpool, 10-14 April Book your place here: http://www.rcn.org.uk/newsevents/congress/congress_2011/booking
Peter Carter, Chief Executive & General Secretary of the RCN, outlines the important announcement on proposals to freeze incremental pay for all NHS staff in England.
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